When Nixon had trouble with the press, it was because the institution was doing its job of investigative reporting too well and getting at some things he wished to keep covered up.

And when Bush was having trouble with investigative reporters from CBS, he simply employed Karl Rove to demolish Dan Rather’s career in one of the most brilliantly evil disinformation campaigns in recent history.

Fox pursues suprious and insubstantial claims in a manner that that has nothing to do with decent journalism.