of governing, the White House continues to be in campaign mode, and Fox News is the target of their attack mentality, Michael Clemente, the channel senior vice president for news, said in a statement on Sunday. the energy would be better spent on the critical issues that voters are worried about. senior vice president for programming, Bill Shine, says of the criticism from the White House, time they do it, our ratings go up. Mr. Obama first year is on track to be the Fox News Channel highest rated.