FOXNEWS.com, which is owned by FOX, has become a haven for every hate group in the United States. As I write this, I gaze to the left side of my Screen and I am assaulted by the cyber equivalent of neon signs designed to attract every lunatic bigot and racist. What follows are some of the titles in the Middle East folder. SANDN1GGERZ? THE END OF ISRAEL? ISLAMIC CHILD ABUSE? ISLAM'S WORSHIP OF THE MOON GOD? SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT PALESTINIANS? PALESTINIAN ANIMALS INSTIGATE GUNBATTLE? LET THE BOMBING BEGIN? PLO OFFERS CASH FOR KIDS? SHAME ON MUSLIMS? PALESTINIANS LIE ABOUT ATTACKS? PALESTINIAN CALLS TO KILL CHRISTIANS? I begin to wonder why 25% of the titles are so overtly racist and demeaning. When you delve into the content, you get an instant answer. A stream of racist 'cyber' graffiti assaults you.

I go on and look at how many postings are overtly religious, not counting the ones listed above. BIBLICAL REFERENCES TO JERUSALEM? THE TALMUD? THE PROHET EZEKIEL AND WAR? WHAT JESUS ACTUALLY SAID TO ALL OF US? KINGDOM OF GOD AND JOHN THE BAPTIST? TRIBALISM?

That is over a third of the titles. And that is after FOX did a major cleanup over the last ten days.

I went out to FOXNEWS.com expecting to find a forum for a fair exchange of ideas on the Middle East. And then I moved on to other parts of the FOX website and found more disturbing titles. All designed to appeal to the racist fringe. Even the tamer titles have a 'KKK rally on Sunday' feel about them.

Is FOX deliberately marketing to the hate mongers? The proof is in the 'cyber' pudding. The word is out about FOX being a free and open forum for bigots and racists. Even the tamest titles contain content that is abusive and offensive against Arabs, Palestinians, Jews, Christians, African-Americans and Muslims. Again, this is after a major cleanup effort. It is obviously a favored destination of racists, bigots and Nazis all over America and the free world. There is only one way to explain how bigots came to dominate this major media website. Market segmentation. FOX management has apparently decided that bigots and race mongers are a legitimate market niche. Indeed, FOX's website has become a tug of war between the lunatic right-wing racist fringe and those who are watching them.

On the postings related to the Middle East, it is notable that many Israelis and Israel firsters have found an open platform to defame the Palestinians. There are also disturbing comments from Arabs and Palestinians. But I will grant this to the later group, enough of them have made their argument without resort to demonizing Jews and Israelis.

There are things that can and should be done about this situation. I and many others have made FOX aware that it is being monitored. Indeed, the FOX website is a bit less offensive than it was a few week ago. But what lingers is the suspicion that the next posting you read is going to be a bit of racist graffiti. Too often it is.

As an international media company, one would think that FOX is worried about its reputation. This website is advertised on many of the FOX programs. FOX encourages its cable customers to come and participate in this forum. They come. They see. They wander off to sites with more decent content. Leaving the bigots and the few who take enough offense to stay and notice and monitor.

I am still lost as to why FOX would allow itself to be considered a HATE.com kind of site. If it was market segmentation, I suspect they will come to regret the decision. As for their reputation, it will be forever soiled by those who have been assaulted by the hate on this site.

I personally will welcome the day when FOX comes to the conclusion that this is a serious problem and deal with it in a responsible and civic like manner. But, in the meantime, let those of us who have taken note, take on FOX.