Les Jones

Media Behaving Badly > Fox's Carl Cameron Screws the Pooch

An apparent spoof written by Fox senior political correspondent Carl Cameron was posted to Fox's Web site. The spoof included lines like this that should never have passed the online copy editor's laugh test:

"Women should like me! I do manicures."

"Didn't my nails and cuticles look great? What a good debate!"

Blogger Joshua Micah Marshal called attention to the bogus story. Fox quickly pulled the story and issued an apology. Fox attributed the mistake to "fatigue and bad judgment, rather than malice." They've reprimanded Cameron, but the terms of the reprimand weren't disclosed.

Fox management reacted much more professionally than CBS News did after Rathergate, but the incident revealed the extent of Cameron's political biases and lack of judgement. He should be pulled off the campaign trail. At this point no one will trust his coverage.