OK, my case has been proven. The current Fox News Website and its current setup doesn't play nice with some Macs. Thats a fact. F-A-C-T as in
documented as certain times during the past five years and in some cases with IE in Windows in years past.
I just played an archival Fox News Video from the O'Reilly show taped and shown in May 2011 is plays perfectly.*** As mentioned before I would expect the problem to spontaneously clear up as Fox gets their act together. Also, I plan on upgrading to ML soon so perhaps that will affect the situation.
Without going into details, in viewing the current fox news problems I detect signs that SUGGEST that the problem lies in buffering.
***And the explanation for this circumstance is? Ha! I wasn't expecting a come back or explanation for this circumstance.
The problem is clearly Fox as it has been so many times in the past with their video player.