Howell Raines : Romney has been contorting to deliver good news for Fox News 's campaign . He 's clearly angling to survive a Romney train wreck with some credible deniability by leaving the delusional commentary to Rove He says commentators ' spin attributes Obama gains to media distortion , voter ignorance , etc . Raines : Fox says evenhanded things for deniability if spin is wrong , Romney fails . Raines : It will be interesting to see Bill O'Reilly spin if campaign should begin to reek of defeat .
Howell Raines : Romney has been contorting to deliver good news for Fox News 's campaign . He says commentators ' spin attributes Obama gains to media distortion , voter ignorance , etc . Raines : Fox says evenhanded things for deniability if spin is wrong , Romney fails . Raines : It will be interesting to see Bill O'Reilly spin if campaign should begin to reek of defeat .