Why Can't Weeeeeee Be Friends, Why Can't Weeeeeee Be Friends

Got that song stuck in my head this morning after reading this:

A very reliable source tells FishbowlDC that Fox News SVP Michael Clemente met with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs this morning and reached what some are calling a "truce."

Clemente then met with the FNC Washington bureau and encouraged staff to remain "fair and balanced."

As John Aravosis puts it:

But the issue isn't that FOX is unfair, or unbalanced. They're simply not media, period. They were set up as a conservative propaganda operation, and that is what they are to this day. There is no way that they can promise to be nice. It's like the liberal blogs promising to stop favoring Democrats over Republicans. It's not who we are, or why we exist, and if we were to promise it, we'd be lying. So is FOX, if in fact they've promised any truce.

Yeah, I'm gonna go with that. There's no way FOX is going to call off their attacks just because Robert Gibbs asked nicely. The Wingers aren't going to stand for it, and frankly I expect to see some sort of teabagger boycott until FOX promises to go back to making up wholesale lies about Obama and friends. They'll say "Well the White House wanted this, but the American people demanded it!" and they'll dig right in doubly hard, probably reporting that Michelle Obama regularly bathes in the blood of teenage abortions to get her buff arms.

But hey, that's "truthiness" for the win. I can't imagine the White House getting anything out of this other than the 100% probability that FOX will break the promise first.