Is McCain Losing Fox News?

Think Progress reports that Fox News host Megyn Kelly hammered McCain surrogate Tucker Bounds on McCain's lies about Obama's tax proposals.

KELLY: But you guys have suggested he’s going to raise taxes on the middle class and virtually every independent analyst who took a look at that claim said that’s not true. He’ll raise it on people making $200,000 or $250,000, but not the middle class.

Bounds tried to push back with statements that Obama had voted 94 times to raise taxes as a Senator (false--debunked by FactCheck.com on June 3) and to raise taxes on those earning as little as $42,000 per year (also false--debunked byFactCheck on August 8). Kelly stayed on him.

KELLY: Let’s stay on point, I’m not giving him any credit. I’m saying what the independent analysts say. They say that claim is false. And if that’s false, why would John McCain do that Tucker? Why wouldn’t he just level with the voters and say, “look, he’s going to raise taxes on the wealthy or whatever you consider somebody to be making over $250,000, it’s going to have a trickle down effect. That may not be good for the middle class.” But why say he’s going to raise taxes on the middle class when he’s not?

This is another instance of the McCain campaign continuing to make false claims even after their lies have been publicly exposed. This is the second example within a week of right-leaning Fox News calling them out. The key question for the election is whether enough voters are paying attention (or care).

--Ballard Burgher