WHO'S PARTISAN?

The Obama administration has declared political war on the Fox News Channel, claiming that "it really is more a wing of the Republican Party."

Well, maybe.

Fox's news operation ... slants conservative ... in the choice of topics: fiscal irresponsibility, the expansion of big government, an imperial judiciary, the war on terrorism, radical Islam, crime, teenage out-of-wedlock pregnancy, and the culture wars.

Fox has filled an ideological vacuum left by the likes of CNN and MSNBC.... Fox consciously - even proudly - caters to God-fearing, gun-toting, red-state viewers. It speaks to the populist, patriotic and conservative values embodied by Middle America - principles that have been consistently mocked by media elites.

Which, perhaps, is the reason its ratings are soaring while its competitors are moribund.