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You've got to hand it to Fox News, really — they've managed the art of the insult with such deft brio. Whether it's the excoriation of Keith Olbermann by FNC PR giantess Irena Briganti (delivered, one can only imagine, in the dismissively icy tones of Emily Blunt from The Devil Wears Prada), an "amused Foxie" wishing CNN and MSNBC "well on their quest for relevancy," or IDing Sandy Berger in the chyron as "Sandy Burglar," as an incredulous tipster informed us last week ("no quote marks, nothing!"), the Fox News Network knows how to let loose with a zinger. That's why you can't help but chuckle at their brazen ad in the most recent TVWeek and Mediaweek, wishing "Congratulations to Larry King For Joining Fox News In The Top 15!" Larry King Live was #7 in the 2006 top cable news programs...and everything else, incredibly, was on Fox. The graceful thing, of course, is to avoid overt gloating, but they certainly have earned that right. That said, maybe pride goeth before a fall; as we've pointed out in the past, the cable ratings game is heating up as MSNBC continues to find its voice and CNN invests in growing properties like Glenn Beck. Then again, it could go in the other direction, too. As always, we'll have to stay glued to the 24-hour news cycle to find out...but in the meantime, we can count on Fox to at least make the rivalry entertaining.
