Amid this week's economic turmoil, politicians and journalists alike have been focusing on the difficulties of ordinary Americans and how to head off worse problems in the days to come. But Fox News has had something different at the forefront of its concerns.

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart explained, "Clearly the economy is the dominant story everywhere -- well, almost everywhere.... If you want to see real panic, don't go down to Wall Street, head down to America's Newsroom, where the economic downturn has corresponded with a surge in Barack Obama's polling numbers "

Since Tuesday's debate, Fox News has been doing its best to discuss the presidential campaign without ever mentioning the economy. One typical Fox story highlighted by Stewart commented insinuatingly that "Barack Obama is ahead right now in many of the battleground states -- the same states where investigations are under way for voter fraud. Is this a coincidence?"

As Bradblog has noted, it apparently is not a coincidence -- but only because Republicans have deliberately chosen these crucial swing states to bring phony accusations of voter fraud, which are then promoted by the McCain campaign.

Stewart then offered a montage of other recent Fox topics, which have included William Ayers, an unretouched photo of Sarah Palin on the cover of Newsweek which reveals that she has wrinkles, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, "the deep secret ties between Obama and the Kenyan government," pro-McCain country singers, Sarah Palin's legs, whether Barack Obama ever met Louis Farrakhan, Bill Ayers, Bill Ayers, Bill Ayers, Bill Ayers, and Bill Ayers.

Stewart finally showed a frustrated Fox host commenting when faced with a focus group full of Obama supporters, "The key is not who they like, the key is who they're going to vote for."

"'Fox News," concluded Stewart, mocking that network's slogan. "The world's unfair and we are becoming mentally unbalanced.'"

This video is from Comedy Central's The Daily Show, broadcast October 9, 2008.