In this month’s cover story for Rolling Stone magazine, President Obama weighs in on the cable network Fox News, saying that while he can’t object to the network carrying out its constitutional right to freedom of the press, he thinks it promotes a perspective that is “ultimately destructive for the long-term growth” of America.
“Look, as president, I swore to uphold the Constitution, and part of that Constitution is a free press,” Obama laughed, in response to a question from Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner about whether or not Fox News was “a good institution for America and for democracy.”
“We’ve got a tradition in this country of a press that oftentimes is opinionated. The golden age of an objective press was a pretty narrow span of time in our history. Before that, you had folks like Hearst who used their newspapers very intentionally to promote their viewpoints,” Mr. Obama said. “I think Fox is part of that tradition — it is part of the tradition that has a very clear, undeniable point of view.”
Mr. Obama, whose relationship with the cable network has in the past been rocky — former White House communications director Anita Dunn at one point called it “the communications arm of the Republican party” — made no concessions in regard to his dissatisfaction for the content of the network’s coverage.
“It’s a point of view that I disagree with,” Mr. Obama said in the interview. “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.”
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GO FOX NEWS !! The only truth that we can believe. The rest of you "NEWSPEOPLE" take a hike !!
No, FOX is NOT responsible for 'destructive' U.S. growth–OBAMA IS! Get a damned clue America and wake the hell up because of you do not and keep you heads buried in the sand, sooner or later the communists are going to come along and kick you squarely in your asses, then most likely put a bullet in your head. Also, they WILL take away all the "toys" you so cherish more than voting to keep your right(s) to have them. Either put up (vote) or shut up and be overrun by commies!
Ok let me get this straight, Barry Soetoro thinks that one single news format when the odds are stacked 10 to 1 in his favor, yet thats a problem for him?
Ok you got me, so hows that work Barry, you have every dweeb that can belch out some mindless dribble wanting to stroke your thigh Barry, I bet Chris Mathews would go down on you in a flash, but then again so would Kaite Q, and even that wacked out Uberman, but hey thats what they all do best.
And speaking of problems Barry, why can't you ever tell the truth about anything? Why must you lie munipulate with ever word that flows over your lips?
Was TRUTH something you were never tought as a child, I know Mommie & Daddy & Grandparents as well all your mentors were all Marxist, so why can't you just admit you are one too?
Obama has tried everything he can think of to destroy FOX News…..doesn't work. Thank God for Glenn, Bill, Sean , Greta,and all the other people on FOX that seeks the truth & reports it to the citizens of this great country. I am still waiting for someone at the WH to call the red phone & point out 1 thing that Beck has said that was incorrect.
You–or anyone else–can find dozens of examples with a five-minute web search. Which I trust you won't bother with, because you'd risk bursting your bubble.
James just what would that be? Give us some real examples & none of your spin or lies or opinions! Fact The White House has not called Becks red phone!
I've given you a link previously on exactly this, and I'm not going to bother finding it again. Besides, anyone else with minimal web skills can do so easily, without having to take my word for anything.
James why do you avoid the issues? You have never given me any such link etc.! Just the same old spin! Nothing new from you! No facts! Just the same old BS!
You're lying again. But how about if we extend this "conversation" out considerably farther while you keep discrediting yourself further until I get bored, and then I point out exactly the post in which I provided a link to Beck's lies, in direct response to a comment by you?
In the meantime, others with 10 seconds to spare can just Google "Glenn Beck lies."
James you are a liar!
You never referred me to any such site nor can you prove that you did so. As for being bored i can assure you that you are in fact a bore to me. In addition to being a phoney gay liberal progressive with no real life other than the internet.
If necessary, it''ll come… but not yet.;-)
And if you're so "bored," why is it we all see 10 to 30 comments from you directly to me every single day? (Despite the obvious wish by those who agree with you that you'd stop trying to dominate the site.) But please, keep reveling in your "boredom."
Barack Hussein Obama (the Kenyan president) would NOT know NEWS if it bit him!!! We need to IMPEACH HIM IMMEDIATELY and ship all the "little Marxists and Momma" back to Kenya with el presidente!!
Then maybe his "paid admirers" will just disappear from Washington and the REAL NEWS will reappear. The Left-wing turkey-birds must diappear in their dust and let the REAL TRUTH — Rupert Merdoch's FOX NEWS shine out with the truth!
POTUS Obama again crosses into demon'ization. In essence, Barack H. Obama is a hijacker of truth.
FOX NEWS is not to blame for the absence of tradition in the Obama administration; Barack is. A divider, and an agendist, Obama seeks to (rally his evaporating base) for a November-surge in the
progressive/soc/commu ranks– while he demoralizes the ranks of our soldiers in harms way who are carrying out his confused mission; tied, no less, to a POTUS deadline for a what? Barack's teleprompter must not include the word VICTORY.
The Bible does not talk of a News Agency, Fox or anybody else in the last days being the Anti-Messiah! It speaks of an arrogant, self-righteous and the most evil leader of any country in the history of man being leader in the last days of man! If that does not ring a bell, the day is soon coming when it will, but too late, as it already is. Did I mention that the bible even states about an illegal "forbidden foreigner" being over u.s. in these last days to punish u.s.? Yes, Obama will bring us to hell, not Fox News! No? Watch; because the wait will not be a long wait!
Tell him to go and pound salt. This is America and not Kenya. It is a shame that he has forsaken his oath and obligation to the American people!
Oidiot does not know his head from a hole in the ground. Why anybody listens to his idiot babble is astounding. But then, one has to be mighty stupid to have voted for this clown.
Coming from Obama what else would we expect!
ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN & MSNBC all losers just like Obama!!