Radio Free Fresno

If you believed everything you heard on AM radio in the Central Valley, then you'd know that Satan has become a publisher of religious works; and the National Enquirer, the Star and Weekly World News are now considered legitimate journalistic enterprises.

The latter revelation comes to us courtesy of (who else?) Fox News Channel's John Gibson, filling in for his fair and balanced compadre Tony Snow on his syndicated talk radio program. Because these Fox guys just loooove irony, the story deals with Dan Rather and his reliance on questionable sources. So who does Gibson bring on to discuss Rather's (lack of) adherence to the journalist's code? Mike Walker, a writer for that beacon of reliable and unbiased news coverage the National Enquirer! Who needs The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live when you've got Fox News Channel? Gibson repeatedly refers to Walker as a journalist, while dismissing Rather as a biased hack with an axe to grind. "Yes," agrees the Enquirer's answer to Edward R. Murrow. Did I ever post anything about the study that showed Fox News' viewers are the most ill-informed on world issues? Now how could that have happened?!

And in other news, some fire and brimstone radio preacher who refers to himself as 'The Trailblazer' warns that Satan and his emissaries are setting the type for a new revised version of the Bible. If you want to avoid The Dark One's grip, you must buy the only true edition of the Good Book, the King James Bible, now available through The Trailblazer's own store. I haven't seen this kind of shameless book promotion since...well, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly!

What's the frequency Kenneth indeed.