Author Tom Ricks on Tuesday said Fox News is âmaking it upâ that he apologized after slamming the network during an on-air interview as âoperating as a wing of the Republican Partyâ and hyping Benghazi for political reasons. Ricks told POLITICO that Michael Clemente, Foxâs executive vice president of news, made the claim he apologized privately because âwhen the facts arenât on their side, they attack the person.â âClemente is making it up, and it is sloppy of Hollywood Reporter to not ask him for specifics â what exactly am I alleged to have said? â and also to seek a response from me,â Ricks wrote in an e-mail. âWhy are they doing this? Because their MO is that when the facts arenât on their side, they attack the person.â Clemente told The Hollywood Reporter that Ricks apologized privately to the network after the Monday interview. http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/11/ricks-fox-is-making-it-up-150382.html