FNC: Fair and Balanced?

Is the Fox News Channel really as "fair and balanced" as they claim to be?

We report. You decide.

Bill O'Reilly showed again this evening that he is far from fair and balanced when he interviewed his Monday night regulars Kirsten Powers and Michelle Malkin about Paris Hilton's imminent release from prison, probably within the next 12 hours (it is 6:45 PM PDT on Mon., June 25th).

We saw the same old clips of Paris Hilton wearing very little as she slithered around a sudsy black automobile in her infamous Carl's Junior commercial. And, we saw the same old clips of Paris Hilton posing for cameras over and over again while O'Reilly, Powers, and Malkin talked in the background.

Powers (right photo) and Malkin (left photo) displayed their good sense by knocking Paris Hilton out of left field, while O'Reilly dragged out the story, again showing more clips of Hilton wearing very little. Thank God Powers and Malkin were there to balance O'Reilly's dive into the mire of bad taste. In fairness to O'Reilly, his producer probably made him take the dive.

Fox News also displayed bad taste when they reported on Anna Nicole Smith earlier this year after her death and last year when her son died. Over and over and over again, Fox News showed one clip after another of Anna Nicole bulging our of her dress or bathing suit, over and over and over, ad nauseum....

Now don't get me wrong. I have been watching Bill O'Reilly for years. His show is one of the best on television. But is it really "fair and balanced?"

We report. You decide.

On the "fair-and-balanced" scale from one to ten, I'd give Bill a score of 8.3.