"Writing in the Washington Post, former New York Times editor Howell Raines accuses Fox News of sabotaging Obama-care and waging a jihad against the entire Obama administration. Raines writes that FNC has not lived up to 'standards of fairness and objectivity.' Are you kidding me with this? 'Standards of fairness' at the New York Times and other liberal media organizations? Right now liberal columnists at the Times outnumber conservatives ten-to-one. That sounds 'fair,' doesn't it? Mr. Raines himself is a committed left-wing guy who surrounded himself with like-minded people in his short tenure as Times editor. Now, incredibly, Howell Raines is casting himself as the keeper of the journalistic flame. The Factor is the signature broadcast of the Fox News Channel and we have covered the Obama-care debate carefully and with fairness, as have most of my colleagues. So what's really going on here? Well, it's simple: Howell Raines is finished, the New York Times is bleeding, and the elite media in general has lost enormous power. In the meantime, Fox News continues to rise. There you go."

Howell Raines declined to appear, but The Factor interrogated Bernie Goldberg about his accusations. "I'm not sure we should be taking Raines seriously," Goldberg stated. "Here's a guy who is clearly a left-wing ideologue trying to portray himself as the conscience of American journalism. He doesn't have a lot to do and is trying to stay relevant. Howell Raines himself could have saved the mainstream media - he could have said we are going to make sure we don't have a liberal bias. Instead, he chose to take a hard left turn. Howell Raines and Dan Rather would like to put the genie back in the bottle and go back to a time before Fox News when nobody challenged them." The Factor questioned why the Washington Post is publishing Raines' diatribe: "The Post is giving this guy a big platform to print this nonsense. He wants to rally the remnants of the left-wing mainstream media to go after Fox News."

According to a new study, the number of minority babies being born in America may have surpassed the births of white babies. The Factor asked Geraldo Rivera how demographics will change the nation. "America will be the republic we adore," Rivera responded, "and pledge allegiance to. But the complexion of the country will become darker, this is a demographic reality. This is opening vast new markets for entrepreneurs in this country, and if it were not for the new immigrants our population would be aging. Who else would support Social Security, for example?" The Factor predicted that non-white citizens will continue to pursue the American Dream: "I don't think there's a difference among Americans in their drive to succeed. Minority groups are going to be a driver of the economy."

Actor Tom Hanks has claimed that America's war against Japan in the Pacific was one "of racism and terror." The Factor welcomed history professor Jennifer Burns, who questioned Hanks' logic. "What Mr. Hanks may be doing," Burns surmised, "is something we historians call 'presentism.' That is looking at the past through the present, and it usually doesn't yield very clear thinking. The war in the Pacific, like the war on terror, unfolded after a surprise attack that radically changed the way Americans thought about war." The Factor criticized Hanks for refusing to appear on Fox News and answer tough questions: "It's hard for me to believe that Mr. Hanks believes racism actually played a major part in the Japanese situation, or the current war on terror. If any American thinks the war on terror is racist-driven, they're out of their minds."

Fox News military analyst Ralph Peters entered the No Spin Zone and accused Tom Hanks of "historical illiteracy." "He has no idea what he's talking about," Peters declared. "Even the nonsense about our war on terror being racist - Al Qaeda comes in every color of the rainbow. Hollywood liberalism always imputes horrible motives to the United States, and I would love to see Mr. Hanks and Mr. Spielberg make an honest film about the Bataan Death March. In the Pacific we responded to savagery with ruthlessness of our own, and we won. In the war against terror we've responded with lawyers and we're not doing so well." The Factor reiterated that racism is not at play in the current fight against terror: "If the jihadists were Thais or Burmese and they had attacked us, we would be doing the same thing to them. What it is about that simple thing that Tom Hanks doesn't understand?"

The Factor asked Glenn Beck why he devoted an entire hour to interrogating loopy former Congressman Eric Massa. "He had talked to me on the phone," Beck revealed, "and claimed that the Obama administration was out to get him and there was some kind of bribery involved. I asked if he had details and facts, and he said he did." Beck also explained his strenuous objection to the government's increasing desire to police what we eat. "If you don't have insurance and you need to take government insurance, then the government has the right to regulate every aspect of your life. But leave the rest of us alone!"

If it's Friday, it means FNC's Greg Gutfeld and Juliet Huddy are on hand to name the stupidest people of the week gone by. Huddy picked Detroit politician Monica Conyers, who tied to reverse her guilty plea in a bribery scandal. "She freaked out," Huddy reported, "and accused the media of pressuring the judge and trying to make an example out of her. She tried to take her guilty plea back, but the judge said forget it and she's going to the big house for 37 months." Gutfeld singled out the oft-mocked Eric Massa and his claim that he engaged in mutual tickling with male staffers. "There's no such thing as a 'tickle fight,'" Gutfeld joked. "Either you are the tickler or the ticklee - people can't tickle at the same time. Tickling is seen as torture in some cultures." The Factor named Dan Rather, who said President Obama "couldn't sell watermelons," then blamed reporters for focusing on his choice of words. "Rather was just trying to be folksy, he wasn't trying to be racist. All he had to do was say that, but he talked about journalism. Dan, let me break it to you, that's not a place you want to go right now."

Friday's Patriots: All of you who have bid on the Bold&Fresh posters that are being auctioned off to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project. And the Pinhead: Jessica Simpson, who says she only brushes her teeth "now and again."

Marge Christianson, Sun City, AZ: "O'Reilly, your segment implied there are marriages where the man is smarter than the woman. Now THAT'S news."

Stephen Gerdes, Chandler, AZ: "I let my wife think she's smarter than me. We have a great marriage."

Antonio Mazzarelli, Poughkeepsie, NY: "God made women pretty so we would love them. And he made them dumb so they would love us."

Bob Braham, Indianapolis, IN: "O'Reilly, you were smart to acknowledge that Margaret Hoover and Gretchen Carlson are smarter than you. They are also prettier."