Um…this is just really totally predictable, Jeff. In fact, I seriously doubt Citizen Murdoch had anything to do with the ruckus in question.

Networks are like large, semi-sentient colonial organisms…they graze placidly but if they recognize anything that even HINTS of piracy, they go ballistic…often for the most idiotic of reasons.

All McCain has to do is place a personal call to Rupert and this will most likely all go bye-bye…with the requisite reprimands issued to overzealous flunkies, of course…

In the meantime, for anybody to take ANYTHING Fox has to say prima facie is nearly as dumb as the furor Fox has stirred up in the name of copyrights, here. Too bad O’Reilly didn’t get hold of this sooner so he could stuff one of his wingtips in his gob over it….

How many times have you complained about the FCC, Howard Stern’s woes, and other censoring of profane speech?

Add them up and compare, or should I say ‘contrast’ it to the paucity of your token complaints against McCain-Feingold (and other suppressions of political speech).

When the ratio is inverted I will find another note to sing. Meanwhile I will occasionally do you the favor of adding much needed ‘diversity’ to your blog threads. Where did all the fun commenters go anyway? The stooges you’ve attracted these days are boring.

You are against this First Amendment “abuse” but not against McCain-Feingold? I

It’s ironic and ridiculous all at once.

I can’t help, however, to think there is a cynical crack in there somewhere about the reality of our two party spectrum being about as diverse and intelligent as network TV. ; }

The Fox logo should be blanked out tho. You know when video docu is walking the street doing a shot and t-shirts have to be blurred out, same thing.

Is this a 1st for footage used and threat of legal action from Fox? Do they (News Corp or the Queens territories) have a stake in Woodstock or the museum?

The candidates should require “permission for anyone to make any commercial or non-commercial use of a debate video” before agreeing to a debate on that network.