The sniping came in the wake of Howard Kurtz's Monday piece about how some (anonymous) Fox News staffers have doubts about Glenn Beck's on-air shtick and are concerned that it might undermine the cabler's credibility. And oh yeah, how they watch Beck practice crying during his afternoon rehearsals.

Kurtz clearly captured an internal Fox News rift. And here's how the network responded:

A Fox News spokesperson tells Mediaite: “Howie's use of anonymous sources is stunning from a paper with the reputation of the Washington Post's. Glenn Beck has the 100% support of Fox News management.”

Do Fox News flaks even know how journalism works? Not likely. And this blame-the-messenger sniping clearly captures that embarrassing fact, because Kurtz's use of anonymous sources in his piece was not “stunning.” In fact, it was the opposite of stunning, it was completely appropriate and routine. In other words, it was Journalism 101

But apparently at Fox News, they're incapable of recognizing the very craft they're supposed to practice.