Fred Claims Bias on the Part of Fox News

I think this spells the end of the Fred Thompson campaign:

Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) suggested on Sunday that Fox News is biased against his campaign, charging that the network highlights commentators who have been critical of his run for the presidency.

In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," host Chris Wallace pressed Thompson on how some conservatives have lambasted Thompson's campaign and showed clips of Fox conservative commentators Charles Krauthammer and Fred Barnes criticizing the former senator.

Thompson said, "This has been a constant mantra of Fox, to tell you the truth." He noted that other conservatives have praised his bid for the GOP nomination and took issue with a Fox promo that focused on polling in New Hampshire, where Thompson is registering in the single digits.

He said he is running second in national polls and has been leading or tied for the lead in South Carolina for "a long, long time."

Thompson, in a firm, but measured tone, scolded Wallace: "...for you to highlight nothing but the negatives in terms of the polls and then put on your own guys who have been predicting for four months, really, that I couldn't do it, kind of skew things a little bit. There's a lot of other opinion out there."

Fox has been tough on Thompson. "Campaign Carl" Cameron has been especially tough, including stories on Fred's Gucci shoes that he wore to the Iowa State Fair and his lack of interest in meeting the Butter Queen. Carl has pretty much seen it all on the campaign trail and I think he saw some things in Fred he didn't particulary like and reported it that way.

I was a Thompson supporter early on but he's been pretty unimpressive since his announcement. I think this pretty much means the campaign is all but over.