On july 15th "Fox & Friends", a show on Fox News, condescended to cover the scandal that is mesmerising the world. Steve Doocy, the host, and Bob Dilenschneider, his guest, conceded that there is a serious problem with hacking: recent victims have included the Pentagon, American Express, Citigroup and Bank of America. But why are the mainstream media focusing on hacking at the News 0/ the World? And why are they obsessing about something that happened a decade ago in London, when America is teetering on the brink of default? Having implied that the News 0/ the World was the hacked rather than the hacker and blasted other media for neglecting the great issues of the moment, "Fox & Friends" moved swiftly on to discussing Casey Anthony, a mother freshly acquitted of murdering her child.
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