Paul Begala wants FOX News to "come out of the closet".

For those who need reminding of Fox's agenda -- using its "fair and balanced" credibility to smear Democrats and help Republicans -- here's the bill of particulars:

• Fox News' founder and guiding genius, Roger Ailes, was the chief media strategist for President George H.W. Bush. When you have a Republican political consultant running a news network, don't be surprised if that network becomes a propaganda tool for the Republican Party.
  
• After the 2006 elections, Fox Senior Vice President John Moody sent a memo to news staff instructing them: "Be on the lookout for any statements from the Iraqi insurgents ... thrilled at the prospect of a Dem-controlled Congress."
  
• Robert Greenwald's film "Outfoxed" exposed 33 similar memos from Moody before the 2004 elections. On Bush: "His political courage and tactical cunning are worth noting in our reporting through the day." On Iraq: "Do not fall into the easy trap of mourning the loss of U.S. lives and asking out loud 'Why are we there?'"
  
• Fox's Iraq coverage was so biased that a university study showed 80 percent of Fox viewers believed one of these three falsehoods: Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11; WMDs were found in Iraq; or most of the world supported Bush's Iraq war. Fox is entitled to its own opinions, but not its own facts.
  
• Fox hired George W. Bush's first cousin, John Ellis, to chair its Election Night desk in 2000. Not surprisingly, Ellis spoke with Bush five times that night, and Fox was the first network to "call" Florida for Bush.
  
• Fox identified alleged pervert and GOP Congressman Mark Foley of Florida as a Democrat.
  
• Fox's headline when Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted on four of five felony counts was straight out of Pravda: "Scooter Libby Found Not Guilty of Lying to FBI Investigators."
  
• Fox reported that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was educated in a Muslim madrassa -- and then tried to pin the smear on Hillary. It was a twofer that went for naught, thanks to solid reporting by CNN. The network sent real journalists to Indonesia, interviewed people, gathered facts and reported the news: Obama's school was public and nondenominational.
  
• More Fox smears and misinformation are captured in the YouTube videos at www.FoxAttacks.com.
  

When Bill O'Reilly hosted James Carville and me on his program back in September, I urged Bill and Fox to stop living a lie. "Come out of the closet!" I yelled. "You all are conservative!" But O'Reilly was unmoved. "I don't believe it for a second," he said.

There is not a educated person on the planet who does not know that FOX News serves as an outlet for White House propaganda. At this point it is just ridiculous to continue to lie about that.