Obama Slams Fox News as 'Destructive'
Tuesday, 28 Sep 2010 11:59 AM Article Font Size
By: Dan Weil
President Barack Obama is blasting Fox News as "destructive," saying the cable channel's point of view is "undeniable." Obama made his comments in a Rolling Stone article, reports The New York Times. Fox is in tune with legendary newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst and other media giants who expressed a point of view, Obama said.
?The golden age of an objective press was a pretty narrow span of time in our history,? Obama said in the Rolling Stone interview.
?Before that, you had folks like Hearst who used their newspapers very intentionally to promote their viewpoints. I think Fox is part of that tradition. It is part of the tradition that has a very clear, undeniable point of view.
"It?s a point of view that I disagree with. It?s a point of view that I think is ultimately destructive for the long-term growth of a country that has a vibrant middle class and is competitive in the world.?
Obama also said Fox is a winner on the bottom line: "As an economic enterprise, it's been wildly successful."
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SoWal Expert
The President did not attack a news outlet, the President gave an interview in which he commented on media bias, named Fox as the obvious example, and said it was destructive.
He also gave historic examples and said bias was the norm for most of our country's history.
He also gave historic examples and said bias was the norm for most of our country's history.
SWGB
The President did not attack a news outlet, the President gave an interview in which he commented on media bias, named Fox as the obvious example, and said it was destructive.
He also gave historic examples and said bias was the norm for most of our country's history.
You lost most of his detractors after the tenth word. They just enjoy the sound bite.
SoWal Insider
Sorry Bob I ruined your utopia but your going to have to accept people different from you.Peace,Peacemonger.:dothewave:we are living with the cowboy-redneck axis of evil legacy. i was raised up in the culture of monotheistic stupidity, where education was equated with elitism. i don't accept your narrow worldview, but you can keep on trying to get back to the 50s all you want.
Beach Fanatic
"we are living with the cowboy-redneck axis of evil legacy." QUOTE]
....just as a quick aside...Absolutely freaking brilliant.
Somehow strict illiteracy, lack of a good educational credentials, and lack of real knowledge about the "real' world of 2010 works, has become politically in vogue on the Right.
Somewhere, William F. Buckley must be rolling over in his grave about now...
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