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Obama: Fox News is ‘destructive’ to America
(CNN) - President Obama is pulling no punches when it comes to Fox News, declaring the cable news outlet to be “destructive to [America’s] long-term growth.”
In a more than 8,000-word interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Obama compared the cable news channel to papers owned by William Randolph Hearst at the turn of the 20th century that unabashedly pushed the media titan’s own political views.
“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,” Obama told the magazine.
Officials in the Obama White House have long made Fox News a punching bag, launching a full blown offensive last year when aides declared the network to be “opinion journalism masquerading as news.” Then-White House Communications Director Anita Dunn said the cable outlet “operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party,” and top aide Valerie Jarret called Fox “clearly biased.”
But the new comments from Obama constitute the president’s most direct attack yet on the network owned by business mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Fox News pushes “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 said.
“But as an economic enterprise, it’s been wildly successful. And I suspect that if you ask Mr. Murdoch what his number one concern is, it’s that Fox is very successful.”
Fox has yet to respond to the president. But during the administration offensive against the network last year, network spokesman Michael Clemente slammed the White House for continuing “to declare war on a news organization instead of focusing on the critical issues that Americans are concerned about.”
takin’ the gloves off
Wow I can’t believe he did. He actually called out Fox News for being exactly what it is, “Yellow Journalism”. If you don’t know about Hearst and the damaging power of a newspaper with a blatant fear-mongering slant I implore you to read up on it (if you don’t understand the Spanish-American War you really don’t deserve to comment on the politics of journalism).
Anyways, I salute you Mr. President.
-Joe
I’m just hoping all this suddenly progressive ideology coming out of Obama isn’t just because there are midterm elections coming up in the very, very near future and it’s actually because he’s tired of the bullshit that he (and his administration) have been putting up with for this first half of his term. If this is genuine, I absolutely love it, but as his track record with actions and people he appoints to be his top advisors, I’m a little more than skeptical.
ARE YOU PEOPLE ABOVE ME RETARDED?!??!?!?!? LIKE REALLY.
CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, 90% of all radio= support Obama
Fox and 10% of radio= do not support
Im pretty sure Mr. President can take some critical feedback instead of all the brainwashed bullshit from the other networks.
Reminders: Bill of Rights, first amendment, free speech anyone? Suck it Obama. Take a little criticism.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9gsixo2OF1qblt18o1_500.jpg)
Obama: Fox News is ‘destructive’ to America
(CNN) - President Obama is pulling no punches when it comes to Fox News, declaring the cable news outlet to be “destructive to [America’s] long-term growth.”
In a more than 8,000-word interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Obama compared the cable news channel to papers owned by William Randolph Hearst at the turn of the 20th century that unabashedly pushed the media titan’s own political views.
“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,” Obama told the magazine.
Officials in the Obama White House have long made Fox News a punching bag, launching a full blown offensive last year when aides declared the network to be “opinion journalism masquerading as news.” Then-White House Communications Director Anita Dunn said the cable outlet “operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party,” and top aide Valerie Jarret called Fox “clearly biased.”
But the new comments from Obama constitute the president’s most direct attack yet on the network owned by business mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Fox News pushes “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 said.
“But as an economic enterprise, it’s been wildly successful. And I suspect that if you ask Mr. Murdoch what his number one concern is, it’s that Fox is very successful.”
Fox has yet to respond to the president. But during the administration offensive against the network last year, network spokesman Michael Clemente slammed the White House for continuing “to declare war on a news organization instead of focusing on the critical issues that Americans are concerned about.”
takin’ the gloves off
Wow I can’t believe he did. He actually called out Fox News for being exactly what it is, “Yellow Journalism”. If you don’t know about Hearst and the damaging power of a newspaper with a blatant fear-mongering slant I implore you to read up on it (if you don’t understand the Spanish-American War you really don’t deserve to comment on the politics of journalism).
Anyways, I salute you Mr. President.
I’m just hoping all this suddenly progressive ideology coming out of Obama isn’t just because there are midterm elections coming up in the very, very near future and it’s actually because he’s tired of the bullshit that he (and his administration) have been putting up with for this first half of his term. If this is genuine, I absolutely love it, but as his track record with actions and people he appoints to be his top advisors, I’m a little more than skeptical.
ARE YOU PEOPLE ABOVE ME RETARDED?!??!?!?!? LIKE REALLY.
CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, 90% of all radio= support Obama
Fox and 10% of radio= do not support
Im pretty sure Mr. President can take some critical feedback instead of all the brainwashed bullshit from the other networks.
Reminders: Bill of Rights, first amendment, free speech anyone? Suck it Obama. Take a little criticism.
(via loveyourchaos)
fact.
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more of these apply to me at the moment than i would like.
