Obama: Fox News is 'destructive' to America

[HELLRAISER]

While Nazis in the GOP and Tea Bagger party will falsely claim blue collar foreigners are ruining this country, they ignore to include the most treacherous, divisive and destructive foreigner of them all to ruin and dumb down America is a white collar criminal known as Rupert Murdoch

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/28/obama-fox-news-is-destructive-to-america/?iref=NS1

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."

 

[Hot Mega]

That is wrong of Obama. No matter how derisive Fox or some of the other GOPer propagandists are he should not be attacking them.

It's a no win situation and they have the right to do whatever it is they try to do.

If he feels so strongly about their effect on America the thing he can do is make sure he (or his surrogates) pound them on the facts and their (in)consistency.

 

[MrZiggles]

He's just mad because Fox holds him and his 2-faced left-wing cronies accountable.

 

[BlueBalls]

Well, Fox is just going to love this....

 

[HELLRAISER]

That is wrong of Obama. No matter how derisive Fox or some of the other GOPer propagandists are he should not be attacking them.

It's a no win situation and they have the right to do whatever it is they try to do.

If he feels so strongly about their effect on America the thing he can do is make sure he (or his surrogates) pound them on the facts and their (in)consistency.

Obama is not wrong in criticizing Fox News if he is referring to Fox New's masquerading as a credible journalist organization that in reality pushes points of views that are based on falsehoods rather than facts, lies that lead to the appointment of Bush as POTUS based on their preference for him instead of letting the democratic election process determine the outcome.

It's good to Obama speaking out against Fox's so-called journalism and telling it like it is

 

[Hot Mega]

Obama is not wrong in criticizing Fox News if he is referring to Fox New's masquerading as a credible journalist organization that in reality pushes points of views that are based on falsehoods rather than facts, lies that lead to the appointment of Bush as POTUS based on their preference for him instead of letting the democratic election process determine the outcome

Maybe I should say it this way...he may be accurate in his assertions but as POTUS he's the wrong person to be attacking a media outlet. No matter how bad he thinks they are.

This is one of the only distinctions Demos and others need to not be like GOPers in dealing with their critics.

Let the silly GOPers run around vilifying news organizations. That's their bag...that's all they're good at...vilifying and ginning up phony outrage.

Obama is better than that (or should be) and this is really beneath him IMO.

Now that isn't to say it may not galvanize some of his supporters ...but I think it is really beneath him.

 

[Galactic]

Hellraiser, you need to stop using terms like Nazi. It's disrespectful to those that actually did have to deal with atrocities committed by true Nazis.....it's a disgraceful, shameful, horror filled segment of this world's history, and far left fools like you throwing around a terror inducing term like Nazi do nothing save show your utter ignorance of facts.

Feel free to disagree with people who have opposite viewpoints than your own. The freedom to do that is one of the things that makes this country great. But continuing to use inappropriate terms like Nazi make you look like one who actually does NOT formulate his own opinions about anything, but rather makes you appear like one who regurgitates left wing rhetoric; stooping to the level of name calling is nothing more than the tired tactics of fourth graders on a playground.

I RARELY say this to anyone, but HR, you need to grow up.

 

[HELLRAISER]

Maybe I should say it this way...he may be accurate in his assertions but as POTUS he's the wrong person to be attacking a media outlet. No matter how bad he thinks they are.

This is one of the only distinctions Demos and others need to not be like GOPers in dealing with their critics.

Let the silly GOPers run around vilifying news organizations. That's their bag...that's all they're good at...vilifying and ginning up phony outrage.

Obama is better than that (or should be) and this is really beneath him IMO.

Now that isn't to say it may not galvanize some of his supporters ...but I think it is really beneath him.

I think for Obama to stay silent and say nothing about Fox News which constantly launches daily attacks based on lies against him makes them appear credible. For him to finally stand up for himself and defend himself from Fox News is attacking him on trumped up charges scores points in his favor.

His voters and supporters didn't vote him into office so that he could waste precious time reaching across the aisle, to bend over backwards and turn the other cheek when they're kicking him in the balls. He was voted into office so he could both take care of business that needs to get done and debunk any lies that are being manufactured by the GOP and Fox News.

 

[HELLRAISER]

Hellraiser, you need to stop using terms like Nazi. It's disrespectful to those that actually did have to deal with atrocities committed by true Nazis.....it's a disgraceful, shameful, horror filled segment of this world's history, and far left fools like you throwing around a terror inducing term like Nazi do nothing save show your utter ignorance of facts.

Feel free to disagree with people who have opposite viewpoints than your own. The freedom to do that is one of the things that makes this country great. But continuing to use inappropriate terms like Nazi make you look like one who actually does NOT formulate his own opinions about anything, but rather makes you appear like one who regurgitates left wing rhetoric; stooping to the level of name calling is nothing more than the tired tactics of fourth graders on a playground.

I RARELY say this to anyone, but HR, you need to grow up.

I'm not going to stop using the term Nazi when referring to people who associate with Nazis. Far right wing hypocritical boobs such as yourself should be aware of the fact that TeaBaggers and Nazis have been seen in photo ops, protests, marches, etc. with each other at anti-illegal immigrant rallies.

Instead of wasting your time preaching to others, how about you walk that talk

 

[Hot Mega]

Hellraiser, you need to stop using terms like Nazi. It's disrespectful to those that actually did have to deal with atrocities committed by true Nazis.....it's a disgraceful, shameful, horror filled segment of this world's history, and far left fools like you throwing around a terror inducing term like Nazi do nothing save show your utter ignorance of facts.

Feel free to disagree with people who have opposite viewpoints than your own. The freedom to do that is one of the things that makes this country great. But continuing to use inappropriate terms like Nazi make you look like one who actually does NOT formulate his own opinions about anything, but rather makes you appear like one who regurgitates left wing rhetoric; stooping to the level of name calling is nothing more than the tired tactics of fourth graders on a playground.

I RARELY say this to anyone, but HR, you need to grow up.

 

[domshooter]

fox is no better than MSNBC or CNN.

theyre all destructive to the USA

 

[vodkazvictim]

Rupert Murdoch is a bastard who tries to manipulate governments.
Governments are supposed to work for the people.

 

[Trident1]

Wonder if Obama thinks MSNBC is "destructive"?

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Obamer the fascist. Have to love this shit. He would censor (or regulate) the media if he could. There is not such thing as a conservative-controlled media, otherwise Obamer would've called out everyone else. It's clear the MSM is liberal dominated.

 

[HELLRAISER]

Hellraiser, you need to stop using terms like Nazi. It's disrespectful to those that actually did have to deal with atrocities committed by true Nazis.....it's a disgraceful, shameful, horror filled segment of this world's history, and far left fools like you throwing around a terror inducing term like Nazi do nothing save show your utter ignorance of facts.

Feel free to disagree with people who have opposite viewpoints than your own. The freedom to do that is one of the things that makes this country great. But continuing to use inappropriate terms like Nazi make you look like one who actually does NOT formulate his own opinions about anything, but rather makes you appear like one who regurgitates left wing rhetoric; stooping to the level of name calling is nothing more than the tired tactics of fourth graders on a playground.

I RARELY say this to anyone, but HR, you need to grow up.

his name is JT Ready

That is JP with the guy that drafted SB 1070

This is him talking marching with his NAZI friends

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jtready360.jpg

This is the pig in his own words

http://www.youtube.com/v/B5fVT8G1d_g


Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Speaks at Phoenix Tea Party Event, as Does Tasered Tempe Pastor Steven Anderson - Phoenix News - Feathered Bastard
July 4 2009 he spoke at Tea Party evets

http://www.youtube.com/v/be5IOXHXbig
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[PlasmaTwa2]

I like how Obama is going to get in shit for simply saying what everyone already knew.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

I like how Obama is going to get in shit for simply saying what everyone already knew.

Not so much. ABS, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, New York Times etc. are so far off the charts that if not for Fox the thought of "fair and balanced" in America wouldn't exist.

 

[HELLRAISER]

Wonder if Obama thinks MSNBC is "destructive"?

Any journalist outlet that follows Fox News lead is unprofessional, unethical and destructive

 

[Trident1]

Any journalist outlet that follows Fox News lead is unprofessional, unethical and destructive

The same could be said of MSNBC.

 

[Hot Mega]

The same could be said of MSNBC.

Fox's news is biased and the network exists to promote an ideology.

MSNBC's news isn't biased. They have commentators who host commentary shows that are biased. They also have/had conservative hosts with their own shows.

Fox can't claim any of that.