America King of the Hill in Beijing

The Americans have been doing really well in the Olympics. At the time of writing, they're top of the medal table.

Yes, that's right. Have a look here. They are top of the league. Well above China. Despite picking up more bronze medals than any other country, that is.

Now I don't want to demean the efforts of any Bronze winning athletes out there but if an athlete is honest with themselves, they will know that such medals aren't really what winning is all about. It's a nice gesture and it is something to be proud of, worthy of the hard work they must undoubtedly have put in.

However, promoting an image of their country based on people who came second or third is evidently and historically irreconcilable with Fox's s representation of the greatest nation on earth. In the real medal table, of course, China reigns supreme with America and England coming in second and third.

But America being second will not do, so long as there is some way for Fox to fix the tables to make it appear otherwise.

So, it falls to Fox to manipulate the facts to suit their delusions of national grandeur. I'm sure that intelligent Americans will only cynically acknowledge Fox's attempts to represent their country this way and realise that it would be better to count only the actual wins, while of course praising the efforts of the rest of the field.

If Fox were to be honest with themselves and dared to apply this mentality truthfully, boldly and with no exceptions, would they count America as a winner if they picked up a silver in the war on terror?