It conflates the two in order to propagandize its unhinged agenda. You can't say that about CNN for sure. CNN reports the news, Fox reports their version of the news and presents it in a way that is ALWAYS critical of Obama, no matter what. And if Fox has to make shit up in order to achieve this goal....then so be it. Sean Hannity does this each and every night. And on Fox News, the likes of Hannity and Beck are expected to be treated as legit news, not just opinion.

This is all really easy to understand, as long as you realize what Fox actually is.