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Howie the Putz is practically begging for a job at Faux News. On last weekend's "Reliable Sources," the lead topic was "Are Media [sic] Ganging Up on Michael Moore?" The panel of truthists: Spikey Isikoff, who got busted lying about the Moore movie in Newstweak (not mentioned on the show), Chris "I Believe Ahmad" Snitchens, the Putz himself and Bill Press, who repeatedly flogged the "Moore the left's Rush Limbaugh" argument. Impeccable balance and the answer to Kurtz's question.

And here's the Putz's own stab at objectivity:

KURTZ: I got [sic] to jump in here. First of all, I want to mention my pet peeve, which is the film opens with a suggestion that Bush stole the election, and Moore says that few people know that Bush's cousin at Fox News helped call the election for the president. "Washington Post," November 14, 2000, by Howard Kurtz, "Bush Cousin Made Florida Vote Call" for Fox News. So much for that....

You see, it can't be true that few Americans knew about Ellis's relationship to Bush and position at FOX, because that would mean few Americans read Howie's shitty column.

Howie Kurtz: Reliable hackery.