When Fox News Washington managing editor Bill Sammon discussed with The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz the leaked emails obtained by Media Matters in which Sammon sought to slant the network's coverage of health care reform to the right, he tipped his hand revealing his ultimate intention despite his protestations of journalistic integrity. Kurtz reported (emphasis added):

Sammon said in an interview that the term “public option” “is a vague, bland, undescriptive phrase,” and that after all, "who would be against a public park?" The phrase “government-run plan,” he said, is “a more neutral term,” and was used just last week by a New York Times columnist.

“I have no idea what the Republicans were pushing or not. It's simply an accurate, fair, objective term.”

As New York Magazine's Chris Rovzar wrote (emphasis added):

Sammon himself phrased the Fox attitude well when he spoke with Howard Kurtz about the memo: “Who would be against a 'public' park?” Indeed — who would? And why would you want them to be, again?

Previously:

• LEAKED EMAIL: Fox boss caught slanting news reporting
• FLASHBACK: Fox News emails not the first leak indicating effort to slant news rightward
• Sammon responds: “Give me specifics” about my conservative viewpoint
• Fox's Sammon abandons “A-section” charade
• Fox's Sammon, please define “sacrosanct”
• Fox's Greta Van Susteren sure liked using “public option”