people treat fox news like it is sort of a news organization, right? the fox news channel and anchors are about to host a bunch of major party organizations coming up. there are real news people that work there and they want to be seen as a real news organization. they demand to be. but if they re defense is that it s okay if they lie on the air as long as it rates this cannot hold. maybe it is getting to them. last night mr. o reilly spent a good portion of his show attacking msnbc on the basis of his superior ratings. yes, what you are selling your office is working quantitatively. congratulations. woo-hoo. honestly, the fox news channel cannot be seen as a news channel as long as that continues to be true. ultimately, that s what it is.