Yesterday on Fox & Friends, network “attack poodle” and possible Bin Laden deather Steve Doocy put on an absolute clinic on how to interview a GOP congressman - if you're a Republican shill whose goal is to help him levy attacks on the Obama administration.

This is not particularly surprising; Fox & Friends is famous for conducting Charmin-soft interviews of Republican officeholders and candidates. But it's worth taking a look at just how Doocy uses his position to bolster, rather than challenge, his guest, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA).

Doocy opened the interview with a statement, not a question, noting that “some lawmakers” are blaming “industry regulations” for high gas prices because they restrict U.S. drilling. Of course, this is a faulty premise; energy experts and Fox's own Stuart Varney have said that those lawmakers are wrong and that gas prices would be high regardless of U.S. drilling.

But rather than challenge Issa with those facts, Doocy simply set up the premise that Issa agreed with, introduced him, and let him tee off on the administration.

Doocy responded to Issa's attack by agreeing it was true, then asked the congressman if he believed “this administration wants lower gas prices,” or if they want gas prices to rise to reduce consumption. Issa replied, “I think you hit it right on the head,” agreeing that Obama wants gas to be expensive.

Doocy then moved on to another topic Issa wanted to talk about, raising the issue of a draft executive order to increase transparency in the political donations of federal contractors that the congressman will be attacking in a hearing this week. Doocy asked Issa, “you feel that this could be a way to punish the enemies of the White House. Right?” Issa replied, “absolutely,” before claiming that if the order was implemented, there “could be a Nixonian type enemies list in the making.”

You would think that Doocy would pause at the invocation of President Nixon, especially since Issa was discussing what “could” happen while citing absolutely nothing to support the idea that it “would” happen. Nope! Instead, he replied, “And the thing about an executive order, and I don't have to tell you, Congressman, is the fact that when the president issues something like that, then he does an end run around the will of the Congress.”

Issa responded “absolutely,” then accused the Obama administration of compiling an “enemies list” a few more times. Doocy again declined to take issue with the characterization, bringing the interview to a close and adding, “Didn't know about some of that.”

It's hard to imagine how that's possible, since he was the one setting up every statement Issa made.

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