I recall them sort of letting us think it was possible until House finally went to the dead patient and said, basically, "I told you so." Besides that particular episode, he made it a pretty regular thing to ridicule belief, and even Chase got into the act in the final season. I loved the show, but that stuff really grated on me the last few years.

Lee, here's what I've observed about Fox News. Do you remember what a soulless entity the GOP had become before Jerry Falwell and others brought moral issues to the forefront? That's kind of what I see in Fox News. Sure, they'll occasionally get into some of the splashy, red meat stuff that can rile up the base, e.g., war on Christmas. By and large, however, they're more about politics, economics, defense, flag waving, things like that.

As an illustration, remember when the president's ACORN buddies got caught on camera engaging in some shady acts? Fox News played the video ad naseum. On the other hand, anti-abortion folks have captured equally damning video of Planned Parenthood and their ilk doing horrible things such as overlooking obvious sexual slavery. How much play, if any, did that get on Fox News? Certainly nothing like the way the ACORN stuff was played over and over. The abortion industry is far worse in my book, and this was a chance to bring a great deal of discredit to it. But Fox News isn't really as committed to the moral issues as it is to other matters.

My guess is that it comes from the top. Rupert Murdoch is about money first and foremost, and doesn't seem to push a high moral standard in his businesses. Witness the aforementioned Fox Network, as well as his British newspaper that was destroyed by scandal.

Kevin brings up an excellent point (as usual), Gina - why is Fox News so in favor of traditional morality, and Fox entertainment so against it?

In fairness to "House," I don't believe they ever answered that question definitively. I seem to remember that there was a hint that House HAD seen something, but couldn't admit it to himself or to anyone else.

Of the major broadcast networks, Fox has been perhaps the most hostile to decent values for years. Who could forget "Temptation Island," the whole point of which was to break up relationships with cheap hook-ups? Worse, though, are the direct insults to our faith that Fox shows tend to engage in, from Dr. House electrocuting himself and supposedly proving there is no God or afterlife, to the repeated ridicule on "Family Guy." It's as if Fox has an operating principle of attacking or outright dismissing faith and values.