wha..? not fox

why would an independent news outlet, that is not supposed to have any political ties give Tom Delay $14,000 dollars to travel? whats his name got in trouble for attending a democratic convention.

Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) "filed a report with
the Clerk of the House of Representatives indicating he received free travel
valued at $13,998.55 from Fox News Sunday for 'officially connected travel' on
October 1-2, 2005, from Sugarland, TX to Washington, D.C. and back to Sugarland, TX. Rep. DeLay appeared on Fox News Sunday on October 2, 2005, the weekend after his indictment on September 28, 2005."

Fox pays for travel
Ok I can see that they would pay for his flight and hotel room but where'd the other lets say ten grand go? At first I thought they were saying that this was an official trip as in political official not a trip to fox news. I suppose this isnt that unusual and my level of concern is pretty much nill now, sorry for wasting the time of anyone who bothered to read this which is probably no one.