NEW YORK (AP) – After documents taken from bin Laden’s compound by U.S. forces on May 2, the night he was killed, showed that his US-born media adviser, Adam Gadahn, considered Fox News inferior to other TV news organizations, Fox News Channel CEO Roger Ailes issued a press release apologizing for the cable news giant’s unsatisfactory performance.

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Discussing what would be the best television outlets for a bin Laden anniversary video, Gadahn said, “It should be sent for example to ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN and maybe PBS and VOA. As for Fox News let her die in her anger.” At another point, he said of the networks: “From a professional point of view, they are all on one level – except (Fox News) channel, which falls into the abyss as you know, and lacks objectivity, too.”

In response, Fox News Channel CEO Roger Ailes issued the following statement of apology:

“We at Fox News Channel are deeply concerned by reports that certain associates of the late Osama bin Laden have been disappointed by their experiences with the Fox News team, and wish to offer our sincerest apologies.”

“With sadness, we must admit that you are correct: we are not on the same level as ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and maybe PBS and VOA. Like James Cameron’s planned expedition to the Marianas Trench, there are obviously levels to which we have not yet sunk.”

“There also remain legitimate questions about our objectivity. By way of contrition, we shall endeavor in the future to attack all targets equally without regard to innocence, guilt, or political affiliation. Like a ball-bearing-filled suicide-vest.”

“And finally, we wish to express our heartfelt regret over what America has done to you over the last decade. Specifically, letting you live long enough to see yourself so cruelly misrepresented in the American press. We will put every resource at our command into supporting the immediate correction of this egregious oversight.”

Signed by Roger Ailes, the press release also contained a short postscript

“P.S. If it makes you feel any better, we don’t consider MSNBC to be a news organization, either.”