Fox protests: a dog-and-pony show?

This past week, there were some high-profile mini-protests, and dare I say it on-air backlash against Fox's incessant Barack barrage. The first one was Chris Wallace, who took issue with how the network was "covering" the Obama-Jeremiah Wright connection.

However, maybe I'm just too far gone and cynical when it comes to the mainstream media, but there's a part of me who wonders if these Fox on-air protests are indeed faux-Fox protests. It's pretty hard to not be cynical about the network (and really, any sort of TV news, but Fox is the biggest offender). Is really isn't hard to imagine Roger Ailes hatching a plan to increase Fox's credibility, since it has so little these days, save the far right sheeple who will agree with anything they see on Fox anyway.

I'm really trying to give Wallace the benefit of the doubt, I guess because I like his father, Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes so much. But, Fox is just so transparent in its network coverage, and so partisan, I have a very hard time believing that we will ever hear a genuine argument about the network's portrayal of Obama on the air.

Above is another sort of on-air protest, this time anchor Brian Kilmeade walks off the set after he tries to explain how the network was mischaracterizing Obama's quotations, only to be repeatedly talked over.

Again I wonder, is this genuine? I just have a hard time believing it. Network execs were probably in the back high fiving, and shouting, "We just bought ourselves credibility that advertising could never buy!"

Back to the top video - I got a kick out of one of the anchors telling Chris Matthews that he applauds him for bringing "the disagreement on air instead of sending an e-mail" because "viewers deserve to hear the disagreement." Ummm Hmmm.

Who does State TV Fox think it's kidding?