Media Matters has obtained a leaked memo from Fox News, where an executive advises producers to use GOP-pollster approved language during their newscast : 1) Please use the term "government-run health insurance" or, when brevity is a concern, "government option," whenever possible. 2) When it is necessary to use the term "public option" (which is, after all, firmly ensconced in the nation's lexicon), use the qualifier "so-called," as in "the so-called public option." 3) Here's another way to phrase it: "The public option, which is the government-run plan." 4) When newsmakers and sources use the term "public option" in our stories, there's not a lot we can do about it, since quotes are of course sacrosanct. Jon Chait , crooked Gendarme, is " shocked, shocked to find partisan messaging" at Fox News. But this, I think, reveals a deeper problem for the left than simply Fox News' Republican favoritism. This language only favors Republicans insofar as the public thinks the government is bad...