Memos from America's most-watched cable news network

Salon.com Politics: "33 internal Fox memos Greenwald compiled, mostly written by Fox's senior vice president for news and editorial, John Moody. Referred to as 'marching orders' by Jon DuPre, formerly of Fox News, here are some of the most notable excerpts: From March 23, 2004: 'The so-called 9/11 commission has already been meeting. In fact, this is the eighth session. The fact that former Clinton and both former and current Bush administration officials are testifying gives it a certain tension, but this is not 'what did he know and when did he know it' stuff. Do not turn this into Watergate. Remember the fleeting sense of national unity that emerged from this tragedy. Let's not desecrate that.' From April 6, 2004: 'The events in Iraq Tuesday are going to be the top story, unless and until something else (or worse) happens. Err on the side of doing too much Iraq rather than not enough. Do not fall into the easy trap of mourning the loss of US lives and asking out loud why are we there? The US is in Iraq to help a country brutalized for 30 years protect the gains made by Operation Iraqi Freedom and set it on the path to democracy. Some people in Iraq don't want that to happen. That is why American GIs are dying. And what we should remind our viewers.' From April 27, 2004: 'Fighting overnight in Najaf didn't go the way the militants there had hoped. Reports say 43 of them were killed, with no US casualties being reported. This is one of the few times we've gotten a count of enemy dead. Let's use that to make the point what happens when terrorists take on the coalition.' From April 28, 2004: 'Also, let's refer to the US marines we see in the foreground as 'sharpshooters' not snipers, which carries a negative connotation.' From May 5, 2004: 'Thursday update: the pictures from Abu Graeb "