As we noted last night, Fox News has been blatantly misrepresenting an old LL Cool J interview as something new for Sarah Palin's debut show Real American Stories. But instead of correcting the record when LL Cool J called Fox out on its dishonest representation of his interview, Fox has since simply cut his interview from the program, further misrepresented his statements, and ended with a cheap shot at his “fledgling acting career.”

According to TVNewser:

A Fox News spokesperson tells TVNewser, “Real American Stories features uplifting tales about overcoming adversity and we believe Mr. Smith's interview fit that criteria. However, as it appears that Mr. Smith [LL Cool J] does not want to be associated with a program that could serve as an inspiration to others, we are cutting his interview from the special and wish him the best with his fledgling acting career.”

But LL Cool J never said he did not “want to be associated with a program that could serve as an inspiration to others,” he simply said that Fox has “lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else & are misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palins Show.” In other words, he took issue with Fox building up Palin's debut with a blatant falsehood.

And in fairness to Mr. Cool J, Fox does strongly suggest -- in all of its promotional materials for Palin's show -- that LL Cool J, Toby Keith, and Jack Welch were interviewed by Palin, or had somehow purposefully attached themselves to her show:

From a March 30 post on Fox Nation:

But later, in a [possible] attempt to correct the record, Fox Nation removed the images of LL Cool J and Toby Keith, in favor of the more generic header: “Sarah Palin Debuts Fox News Series 'Real American Stories.'” From the March 31 post:

Unfortunately, Fox Nation still couldn't get it right. The post links to an article from The Hill which falsely claims:

Sarah Palin will kick off her new Fox News series with one of the most diverse guest lineups in memory: LL Cool J, Toby Keith, and Jack Welch.

The three very different guests will speak to Palin for her inaugural episode of “American Stories” on April 1st. [emphasis added]

Clearly, Fox knows this just isn't true.

Jack Welch's interview seems to have been similarly repurposed for Palin's debut. So, since they yanked LL Cool J's interview, is Jack Welch's next?

And as for Fox's low blow that they “wish him the best with his fledgling acting career,” I think I know what “Mama” would say to that:

UPDATE: “Like LL Cool J, Toby Keith was unaware of his inclusion in Sarah Palin's show”