So Dick Cheney is going to make himself available to the public concerning the whole shoot-the-lawyer-in-the-face thing.? And he’s doing so in the one place he can truly assure a fair and balanced interview: on Fox News with Brit Hume.? Yep, that’s facing the tough questions.

John Moody, Senior Vice President for News Editorial at Fox, proves he is worth his weight in gold with this quote:

“I think he wanted to make sure he got a fair interview and a good interview — good in the sense of thorough — and Brit is sort of the pre-eminent journalist in Washington right now.”?

I’m sure that comes as quite a shocker to those people who actually went to college for journalism.? Britt Hume is now the pre-eminent journalist in Washington.? And what about that “fair interview?”? Well, Think Progress has what appears to be a preview.? Everyone at Fox News is apparently very concerned. . . for Dick Cheney’s feelings:

CAVUTO: This is a Fox News alert. The lawyer accidentally hit by Vice President Dick Cheney suffering a mild heart attack this morning. Doctors say he?s doing just fine and could be released in a week. Meanwhile, the White House press corps again beating a dead horse as it tries to find out why they were not told right away about the Vice President?s hunting accident. Not one person bothering to ask, in the meantime, how Dick Cheney?s feeling about all this. After all, he?s a human being and injuring someone else in an accident can take a huge toll. With us now someone who knows the Vice President pretty well. Ron Christie is a former Cheney advisor and author of Black in the White House. Good to have you back my friend.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.? Blah, blah, blah.? The guy got shot, ok?? What we all want to know is if Dick Cheney might have accidentally damaged his trigger finger in the process.? After all, Dick Cheney is a human being, and shooting someone can take an enormous toll on the guy who did the shooting.

Back to some choice interviewing:

CAVUTO: Do you think he should be talking more about this? Should he have come out himself and said something?

CHRISTIE: No, I don?t. Why? I mean, his office has already released a statement.

Ah!? So I guess the next time I shoot a guy, all I need to do is have my office make a statement!? Who knew?? That would be especially convenient if I was actually in the woods with the chick I’m sleeping with on the side, whilst drinking down a forty with a shotgun in my hand.? The cops always want to ask a bunch of exhaustingly pointless questions in those situations.