HUGE controversy has blown up over the lawsuit currently being filed against Robin Carnahan by Fox News for use of a Fox News clip in her TV ad. In fact, almost the entire ad besides Carnahan's disclaimer at the beginning is this clip from Fox News!

Fox News is suing because they say that Carnahan is misleading people into thinking that she has the support of Fox News. It is our opinion that this is absolutely ridiculous. It is clear that they are in fact questioning Blunt's abilities, but it doesn't support the claim that they support Carnahan. First off, the video clip itself looks like it is not something very recent simply by the video quality and the appearances of the people. And second, it's fairly well held knowledge that Fox is very conservative. Questioning a Republican candidate does not at all imply that they are therefore supporting a Democratic candidate! They were questioning Blunt when he was running for Majority leader against other Republicans and therefore were helping out other Republicans with this line of questioning, not Democratic candidates.

Now despite what we believe to be absurd reasons for legal action, Carnahan does cut off the clip so short that the audience does not get to hear the responses by Blunt to the accusations being put forth. In fact, he claims his wife is not allowed to lobby the House of Representatives in response to the accusation that he inserted legislation into the Homeland Security Act to support his wife's (then his girlfriend) tobacco company, Phillip Morris. He claims that the numbers given over his contributions to a firm that supported a shamed lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, were incorrect. And finally that the Homeland Security Act was a good piece of legislation that eventually passed both parties.

Carnahan isn't expected to show Blunt's replies to accusations, however. This shows legit issues that even conservatives had with Blunt being a center of reform in Washington. She did not misrepresent what the reporter asked Blunt either. While still a very typical negative ad for her, we find it a bit ridiculous that Fox is trying to cover their tails for questioning a Republican so harshly by claiming misrepresentation.