Tinfoil Hats And Tiny Violins

Last Friday I noted that AG Eric Holder had announced a probe into the News Corp. phone voicemail hacking scandal and remarked:

The Obama justice department investigating the parent company of FOX News.

Let that sink in for a moment what that means to the conspiracy-obsessed people who think Holder is coming for their guns and precious bodily fluids.

And lo and behold over the weekend FOX News did not disappoint.  Having ignored the story for a week, the Eric Holder angle finally makes Murdochgate worthy of coverage from the folks at FOX.  Crooks & Liars recounts the crazy as New America Foundation's Jim Pinkerton plays the "politically motivated with hunt" card.

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"White House Anti-Fox News Bias:  Now There's Proof" the FOX chyron screams, while host Jon Scott is shocked -- SHOCKED! -- that anyone would equate FOX News to News of The World, just because they have the same parent company.

And you can bet the rest of the network's host will be breaking out the cries of "witch hunt" and "vendetta" and "Obama's enemies list" over the next week and probably for the foreseeable future.  Count on it.