Earlier today Media Matters reported that in an interview with GlobalGrind.com Fox News President Roger Ailes had said that the “Democrat [sic] Party” had put out a map with targets on it as had Palin. He later added: “Both sides are wrong, but they both do it. I told all of our guys, shut up, tone it down, make your argument intellectually. You don't have to do it with bombast. I hope the other side does that.”

Howard Kurtz reacted on Twitter: