Late last night, I posted on Addicting Info about the outlandish conspiracy theory, put forth by American Family Association's Bryan Fischer, that President Obama had not really been in the Situation Room the night the raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound went down - but had been photoshopped in. Fischer's reasoning? Obama's head looked too small, he probably would not have wanted to be there if the raid had not turned out well and, in the tin foil-y-est reasoning of all, he was shown looking up when he usually looks down on everyone. Crazy? Yes. But not too crazy for Fox Nation to cynically post about it in a way that gave it undeserved credibility.

Fox Nation based its post on a post about Fischer by their BFF Mediaite which, in turn, was based on a post by Right Wing Watch. But, unlike Right Wing Watch, Mediaite failed to give Fischer's rant any context - such as his utter lack of credibility - and guess what? Fox Nation picked up the post and its first two credulous paragraphs verbatim:

So it's a neat trick. If anyone questions those "America lovers" at Fox Nation (or Mediaite) for promoting such claptrap, they'll say they were merely reporting. But anyone who isn't a knee-jerk Obama hater (probably a rarity in the Fox Nation corner of the worldwide web) can see that no anti-Obama conspiracy theory is too far out to be promoted by Fox.

Maybe they can get Donald Trump to weigh in and keep it in the forefront of their public's mind a little longer. And then the Mediaite BFFs can keep the circle jerk going with another credulous post.

You can watch Fischer's rants here.