Now that Bush & Co. are finally out of the White House, it seems unnecessary to keep harping on the unrepentant ethical lapses occurring hourly at FOXNews. But since there seems to be no ebb to the tidal wave of biased "reporting" flooding into American homes, I feel this particular outrage merited mention again due to its spectacular sliminess.

A few years back, two former employees of FOX owned-and-operated station, WTVT, in Tampa, Florida were fired from the station after refusing to knowingly include false information in their report concerning the Monsanto Corporation's production of RBGH. The couple successfully sued under Florida's whistle blower law and were awarded a US$425,000 settlement by jury decision.

However, FOX appealed the decision and WON, after the appellate court declared "that the FCC's policy against the intentional falsification of the news—which the FCC has called its "news distortion policy"—does not qualify as the required "law, rule, or regulation." Go here to complain.

You read that correctly, according to the FCC, the "intentional falsification of news" is perfectly legal.

Worse, in 2004, FOX filed a US$1.7 million counter-suit against the two former employees for trial fees and costs. Wow, that's just wrong.

I mean, who would actually fight for the right to "intentionally falsify the news"? But a better question might be, who wouldn't write a stipulation into federal law preventing the falsification of news? Write to your Congressman or woman and let's get these loopholes filled in. With concrete.