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The Obama administration's recent characterization of Fox News is a long overdue acknowledgment of the obvious: Fox News is not a legitimate news organization -- indeed, after many years of serving as the research and messaging wing of the Republican Party, it has now gone beyond even that, to become the electronic evangelist of an ultra-partisan and non-reality-based world view.

Obama's right. It's time to stop taking the network's skewed news seriously. Last week, when White House communications director Anita Dunn charged the Fox News Channel with right-wing bias, Fox responded the way it always does. It denied the accusation with a straight face while proceeding to confirm it with its coverage.

On March 1, ThinkProgress picked up on a story by News Hounds, which noted that Fox News host Bill O'Reilly -- who has made controversial comments about rape victims in the past -- was slated to speak at a March 19 fundraiser for the Alexa Foundation. The group is committed to supporting rape survivors...

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