I am extremely stupid, even by the impossible standards set by my fellow Americans. Yet I know quality and accuracy do not have a causal relationship with ratings. See American Idol, Usher and Shrek the Third.

'You basically called the majority of America stupid'...oh the temptation. :-)

Fox news Hack? Roger Friedman is a pretty well known entertainment reporter.

Also for J who is long on talk but short on knowledge - just FYI but Fox News is the most watched, highest rated cable news channel on the planet - It routinely (as in everyday for years now) gets more viewers and ratings than CNN & MSNBC combined, sometimes tripling their COMBINED ratings. Making fox news employee anchors the most viewed & highest paid which shows how much you know my friend. You basically called the majority of America stupid. That's not something to be proud of.

Maybe you should read more books and stay away from the TV in general, you know from one 'elitest schmuck' to another. Cheers.

You're wrong; AC is right.

Welcome to the mysterious world of Drashek.

What is this all about? A sum of random words to sell stuff? A secret code?

It has been misused so frequently that it has gained common acceptance. However, if you really dig into the etymology (as well as adding a tinge of common sense), you'll find that the original saying used 'goad', which eventually became 'goat' through systematic mispronunciation. Thanks for taking the bait though :)

Fox entertainment channel strikes again.

I don't know how people still can watch that and pretend that it isn't worse than 8th grade journalism, if that.

He should thank them for firing him, because if you work for fox news channel, odds are you are the bottom of the barrel. I'd remove that from my resume as it's the scarlet letter these days (and with full justification).

I hope Fox gets their butt handed to them in the lawsuit. They definitely deserve it for all the lies and ethical/immoral lines they crossed when providing 'news' (IN QUOTES).

I won't comment on anyone defending them, I'll just say in advance I pity your soul if you feel the need to.

... is not gold.

The expression is "get his goat", according to the Cambridge dictionary:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=33549&dict=CALD

You were misinformed.

I wanted to start a "Get his goat" Vs. "Get his goad" argument. I'm falling firmly in the 'goad' camp. Not that the INQ has ever been too concerned with grammar, but this one's a common misuse. Just trying to stop the propagation.