A new media poll from Quinnipiac shows that Americans trust Fox News more than any other TV news agency by a substantial margin.

MSNBC came in last.

Those holding political power know that.  They know Fox News is now dominating the electronic information flow.  And after more than 18 years on the air, our primetime programs set the political agenda.

A few months ago David Axelrod -- the architect of President Obama's election victories --approached The Factor through his book agent, asking if we would do the first cable news interview on his book.  Mr. Axelrod, knowing his book would get notice if he came on this broadcast.

I told him sure, we would have a lively, respectful discussion -- which we did on February 9th.

Then to show his gratitude, Axelrod begins trashing Fox News, saying we are not a real news organization.

That was a mistake.  Being two-faced is not a legacy builder.

Perhaps old Dave just made a verbal mistake.  If so, we are ready to accept his apology.

The fact is that Fox News is now a deep threat to the progressive movement and the far-left despises us.  So they are in full attack mode, desperately trying to marginalize FNC.

Enter Hillary Clinton, who wants to be president.

Her election team knew The New York Times was sniffing around the email story.

Ever since last August, there were whispers in Washington that the former Secretary of State had endangered national security by using a private email system based in her New York home.  Reports say some in the White House were aware of the situation, as well.

On February 13th John Podesta, a long-time political mercenary, left his job advising President Obama to begin working for Hillary Clinton.

He brought with him a history of associations, including one with the Media Matters organization --the chief attack vehicle for the left.

Media Matters is run by a man named David Brock and heavily funded by George Soros.  Brock used to smear folks on the left, but then converted to viciously attack folks on the right.  Quite a guy, who has admitted lying about people in the past.

When the email story broke, it was Brock who went on MSNBC to immediately proclaim Mrs. Clinton's innocence.  

Few heard him.

The Clinton campaign and John Podesta well understand there are just two national news agencies that challenge the progressive agenda with authority.  The Wall Street Journal editorial page and the Fox News Channel.

In fact, Journal columnist Peggy Noonan penned a very tough analysis of Hillary Clinton on Saturday.  Ms. Noonan now needs to watch her back.

There is no question that powerful people in Washington are using websites to smear political opponents.  We have methodically documented that here. 

Hit pieces fly around in cyber-space and then find their way to the mainstream media, which gleefully promote the defamation for blatantly ideological reasons.

Then there's the business side.  MSNBC and CNN are getting hammered economically by Fox News, so those agencies are hungry to participate in the attack process.

The failure of those operations to compete effectively against us has cost them hundreds of millions of dollars.  Some who work for those channels are desperate, their own jobs in jeopardy.

So hating Fox News is about competition, power and money at the highest levels.  If FNC did not exist, America would be a far different place and the far-left ideology would have a far easier time.

But we do exist and now dominate the primetime news cycle … not good news for progressive politicians, the liberal media, and crazed zealots on both sides.

Therefore, meetings are held, strategies devised, and political assassins hired.

Is there any doubt for whom they are aiming?

And that's the memo.