Fox New Exec Admits to Lying About Obama's "Socialism"

Yet another reason you should never, ever watch Fox News.

It's becoming less and less shocking when Fox News just plain lies to its viewers, but far be it from us to not keep you abreast of when it happens.

Remember the smirking face you see above, as you should no longer trust what comes out of its mouth. That's Bill Sammon, Fox News' Washington editor and thus a mainstay talking head for the channel. Yesterday, Media Matters released an audio recording of Sammon (which you can listen to below) saying, plainly, that he repeatedly lied on the air about Barack Obama being a socialist during Obama's presidential run, just to be "mischievous."

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In Leaked Memo, Fox News Managing Editor Tells Minions How to Talk About Climate Change

Want to know what kind of marching orders the reporters get at Fox News? Media Matters got its hands on a leaked internal memo.

Media Matters got its hands on a leaked internal Fox News memo from the network's Washington managing editor Bill Sammon that told reporters and hosts how to talk about climate change.

The memo is dated December 8, 2009 (during the Copenhagen climate change talks, and shortly after the "climategate" emails were leaked), and provides insight into the kind of marching orders they get at Fox.