Fox will correct Block claim on air

Herman Cain aide Mark Block drew a wave of derision last night for claiming that former POLITICO writer Josh Kraushaar is the son of a Cain accuser of the same last name.

It is understandable confusion — it's not a common name — but Sean Hannity pressed Block on it, and Block said he had "confirmed it."

The campaign has walked back Block's statement, and a National Journal spokeswoman, Taylor West, tweeted just now that Fox has "told us they'll correct on-air tonight."

Hannity's bar for Republican claims against the media may not be the highest, but the Cain campaign does seem to have found a way under it.