I know it's hard to keep track of Republicans behaving badly, but I just found out that Fox lied about when they received the letter from the wronged man in the John Ensign affair(yes, get the smelling salts, I have the vapors because Fox lied).
Fox News received Doug Hampton’s letter about Sen. John Ensign’s adulterous affair three days earlier than the network reported, according to information obtained exclusively by the Las Vegas Sun.
Fox said it didn’t receive the letter until June 15, when it arrived as an attachment to an e-mail. But FedEx tracking of a "priority envelope," which a reliable source said contained the hard copy, shows it was delivered on the morning of June 12.
That would mean the national news organization had additional time to investigate and report Ensign’s affair before the senator’s own admission of the relationship with Hampton’s wife, who worked for the senator’s leadership political action committees. The earlier delivery date also leaves a larger window of time for someone who either worked at the conservative network or was close to it to tip off Ensign.
There will be no consequences of course. Other news organizations will not shame or shun Fox no matter how many times from Foley to Sanford they put a (D) after their name when one of "theirs" is in trouble.
It is a bit disturbing that Ensign was basically given cover by at least somebody at Fox apparently, and had 3 days of a head start to concoct his blackmail scheme story.
Fair and balanced my ass.