http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/29/fox-news-2009-ratings-rec_n_406325.html All of the top 10 slots, not just first, occupied by Fox News. All I can say is, if Fox is really just a propaganda arm of the Republican party like the Obama admin claims it is, the Democrats are in for a VERY VERY VERY VERY bad year next year.
I think the Obama administration criticism of FOX news has backfired, it has probably improved their popularity if anything.
~ Obama's win over McCain and the ensuing economic turmoil, middle east military excursions etc. being administered to by the majority Democrats is the rejuvenation sorely sought by the liberal ideologues that is the real discomfort of the Republican party. Perhaps they will find soulence with the midterm elections (knee jerk reaction) but their performance with Bush and co. was their own undoing and it is their heartland they will be calling on for their fix that may no longer be blindly obsessed with conservative maleficence than for real answers, Fox news or not.
So, in English: The Democratic majority pisses off the Republicans. The Republicans might win some midterm seats, but after Bush's performance, their base may not come back to the evil conservative party, regardless of the popularity of Fox. Jesus man, why do you make everything you write so damn difficult to read? Have you ever heard of using an economy of words? In response to what you were trying to say, I find it odd the Obama Administration disagrees with you. According to them, the Fox News Channel is a direct media outlet for the Republican party and their numbers are surging. Perhaps your argument against the position of the Obama Admin, is that all those people are flocking to Fox to see what it is they will vote against? Hey, I'm in man. Just tell me who is to blame and how to vote and I'm good to go.
~ Who cares about Fox, whatever they are ranting about stems from the fact they are responding to who wields the power in Washington than calling the shots themselves, and the conservatives at their side.