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Obama: ‘Corrosive Nature’ of Talk Radio, Fake News Has Ruined Democracy
Breitbart ^ | January 15,2017 | by TRENT BAKER

Posted on 01/16/2017 9:02:06 AM PST by Hojczyk

During his interview on CBS’s Sunday “60 Minutes” broadcast, President Barack Obama blamed the “corrosive nature” of talk radio and fake news for providing two of the most unpopular presidential candidates in history.

“You had two of the most unpopular presidential candidates selected by the two parties in history. Doesn’t that say something’s wrong, something serious is wrong?” host Steve Kroft asked.

Obama responded, “It indicates that there is a lot of cynicism out there. It indicates that the corrosive nature of everything from talk radio to fake news to negative advertising has made people lack confidence in a lot of our existing institutions. I think it indicates, at least on the Democratic side, that we’ve got more work to do to strengthen our grassroots networks.”

“In some ways, the Democratic Party hadn’t constructed itself to get that message out to the places it needed to get to,” he continued. “The Tea Party I have huge disagreements with, obviously. But I give them credit for having activated themselves. And they made a difference in terms of moving the Republican Party, in terms of moving the country in a particular direction. It’s a direction I disagreed with. But it showed that, in fact, you get involved, if your voice is heard it has an impact.”

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To: dfwgator

POST OF THE DAY!!!! I am STILL laughing coffee ALL OVER my iPad just TOOOOOOO FUNNY blunt and to the point!!!! Trump’s house LOVE IT!!!!!


21 posted on 01/16/2017 9:08:55 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Hojczyk
The democrat party is dead.

You were the final nail in the coffin that was already built and almost completely nailed shut before you even GOT here ... don't flatter yourself.

Talk radia did nothing more than TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID ...that's all ... we talked about the things you did.

America survived the Viet Nam purge ... we grew more intelligent men to replace the ones you murdered off.

This is GOD'S land, not man's.

22 posted on 01/16/2017 9:09:11 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: sheik yerbouty

Yup.

What Obama is saying is that free speech is a threat to his concept of “democracy” (whatever that word means in his warped mind).


23 posted on 01/16/2017 9:09:57 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Hojczyk
Daylight is corrosive to creatures of the dark.

24 posted on 01/16/2017 9:10:44 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Hojczyk

The faux ‘constitutional scholar’ is still trying his degenerate best to erase The Republic so his sick dream of a majority rule can be implemented. HE is the enemy of the Republic, the Constitutional Republic, not a ‘democracy’. Stupid little bathhouse barry bastard boy is an embarrassment to America, but he is a hero to the dumbed down.


25 posted on 01/16/2017 9:11:02 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for spiritual discernment)
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To: Hojczyk

He is crying because “Truth” destroys ComDem Lies.


26 posted on 01/16/2017 9:12:01 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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Smooth talkin’ BS artists don’t like no corrosive talk radio...


27 posted on 01/16/2017 9:12:11 AM PST by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its egg roll.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/1484931600000/us-eastern/ydhms/FFFFFF3B5998000000FF0000/Obama_Leaves_Office_in


28 posted on 01/16/2017 9:14:38 AM PST by Eddie01 (Tagline Removed by Moderator)
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To: Hojczyk

Traitorious con-men like himself did.


29 posted on 01/16/2017 9:15:55 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: Mr. Douglas

the truce was always based on the criminal enterprise known as the Clinton foundation and the money it churned for politicians. I think you are going to see a fight now between the corrupt Clinton wing and the crazy leftist Obama wing of the party. both trying to blame the other for the shape there party is in.


30 posted on 01/16/2017 9:16:37 AM PST by PCPOET7
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To: Hojczyk
"Fake News" was intended by the Left as an assault on media outlets outside its control that expose and undermine approved leftist narratives -- Drudge, Breitbart, Fox News, FR, etc. Had Hillary won, the full power of the government would have been used to stamp out dissenting speech.

But Hillary didn't win, so all the Left could do is complain about it, with no enforcement mechanism. And even that went wrong, as the "Fake News" label was quickly attached to the routinely dishonest leftist media, where it stuck like Superglue. In fact, the censorship effort failed so completely that the NY Times removed "Fake News" from its own lexicon. Because everybody knows who really produces the fake news.

It seems nobody bothered to explain all this to Mr. Obama, most likely because it no longer matters much what he thinks or says.

31 posted on 01/16/2017 9:17:05 AM PST by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: Hojczyk
Fake news = exposing the demonrat party/MSM as the lying/conniving sacks of sh#t they are?

seeBS gives "Mr. Transparency" a chance to talk out his anal orifice...one more time.

32 posted on 01/16/2017 9:17:41 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (FUMSM)
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To: Hojczyk

Good and good riddings!


33 posted on 01/16/2017 9:18:14 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Hojczyk

Obozo, just the opposite!

Only a maggot infected traitor would say that..


34 posted on 01/16/2017 9:18:54 AM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!)
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To: Hojczyk
Garrison: Danger of Obama and his agenda/legacy versus Trump and his agenda.


35 posted on 01/16/2017 9:21:55 AM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!)
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To: dfwgator
Oh just shut up, pack your s—t, and get out of Trump’s house.

Hit the Road Jack Barack!


36 posted on 01/16/2017 9:25:45 AM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!)
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To: Hojczyk

Yep I’ll agree with Obama on this one, that fake news is destroying this country. It has been a problem since after Watergate. That fake news geared up even stronger when news organizations refused to vet Obama during his first run for the Presidency. It continued accelerating higher from there. Though there have been numerous examples to point to, one of the most egregious was their acceptance of Obama’s bogus long form birth certificate which was an obvious fake, and their fake news regarding the lunacy of birthers.


37 posted on 01/16/2017 9:25:59 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Hojczyk

Actually Obama, Reps such as John Lewis stating things like: ‘I Don’t See Trump as a Legitimate President’ undermines democracy.


38 posted on 01/16/2017 9:26:29 AM PST by corlorde (11B3P)
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To: Hojczyk

Buh bye , you lost! Put some ice on that, losah! ...


39 posted on 01/16/2017 9:28:10 AM PST by VRWC For Truth (FU Schmuckie Shoomer (Rat-NY))
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To: Hojczyk

Good. Because we’re not supposed to be a Democracy, rather a Constitutional Representative Republic...asswipes.


40 posted on 01/16/2017 9:29:35 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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