According to Fox News, the media is inflicted with an anti-Christian and/or pro-Muslim bias. Their evidence? “The mainstream media hammered the fact that the Norway shooter is a Christian, but they seem to be ignoring the fact that the Fort Hood copycat is a Muslim,” said Fox host Clayton Morris today, in reference to Naser Jason Abdo, the soldier recently charged with planning an attack on Fort Hood.

Fox not only claimed that news outlets are “ignoring” Abdo's religious faith, but that they are actually "hiding the fact" that he is Muslim. Fox also hosted Tim Groseclose, author of “Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind,” to discuss this alleged media bias, which Groseclose attributed to “political correctness,” adding: “It's not in vogue to be Christian... but it is somewhat in vogue to be sympathetic to Muslims among the far left.”

Here's the problem: I couldn't find a single mainstream media outlet that is “leaving out” the fact that Abdo is Muslim ... unless these are not the mainstream media: New York Times, Associated Press, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS.

That's right. Fox just made it up. Apparently the opportunity to combine two of Fox's favorite narratives -- the persecution of Christianity and liberal media bias - was too good to let the facts intervene.

Last week on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, Jon Stewart noticed that Fox News responded to the recent Norway shootings with claims of media persecution against Christians. Stewart pointed out that Fox News is quick to distinguish violence in the name of a religion from those who practice that religion--as long as that religion is not Islam: