Obama angry at FOX for tarnishing halo effect

One News Now ^ | October 20, 2008 | Chad Groening

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A conservative media watchdog says it's outrageous that Barack Obama is blaming a major cable news service for costing him two to three points in the polls.

In a recently published interview for the New York Times Magazine, the Democratic presidential candidate said: "I'm convinced that if there were no FOX News, I might be two or three points higher in the polls. If I were watching FOX News, I wouldn't vote for me, right? Because the way I'm portrayed 24/7 is as a freak!"

The Illinois senator continued, explaining that he is being typecast as "the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal. Who wants somebody like that?"

Seton Motley, director of communications at the Media Research Center (MRC), says Obama's lashing out is evidence he cannot stand the idea that FOX News does not worship him like the majority of the mainstream media do.

"He's gotten unabashed, loving coverage from all three broadcast networks, the vast majority of the cable news networks, and every print publication you can imagine," says Motley. "It has been wall-to-wall glowing coverage."

FOX News, says Motley, has the "audacity to report on [Obama] as he is and quote him verbatim" -- and somehow, adds the MRC spokesman, the presidential hopeful credits that for a downtick of two or three percent in his polling. "[For him to single-out FOX News is] just a staggeringly myopic view of the media and how he's been treated during his presidential run," he says.

In contrast, Motley suggests that if not for the pro-Obama bias of The New York Times and the rest of the mainstream media, John McCain would be up 20 percent.

[EDINVA]

Neil Cavuto, insofar as his financial show gets political and, of course, John Gibson with his commentary have been very good.

[dougherty]

Geez, this guy sounds like a combination of Stalin/Hitler. If he wins, watch out for the detention camps. What an ego!

[tomkat]

[adorno]

It would have to be ratified by the states.

Once the democrats have control of congress, redistricting would follow, and with redistricting in the favor of democrats, it wouldn't be too hard to envision that most states, to the tune of 66-75% could turn democrat and thus, ratification of the democrats desire wouldn't be so hard to attain. And, with democrats in control, it also wouldn't be too hard to envision that even the constitution could be changed to only require a simple majority before any of the bill of rights or any other constitutional guaranteed is changed or repealed.

[devolve]

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Good post potlatch -

[Let's Roll]

All those who think we need the GOP to lose so the American people can see just how bad it gets under the dims, they are making one HUGE assumption ... that there will ever be another fair election in this country.

The left has to steal their way in now, do you* really think they would take their foot off our necks once they control everything? They will ram through the fairness doctrine and then pick us off, little by little. They are organized, I give them that.

*not you, Adorno.

[CedarDave]

Geez, this guy sounds like a combination of Stalin/Hitler. If he wins, watch out for the detention camps.

Obama's been tutored by Marxists and radicals. Why would you expect them to act any differently?

[potlatch]

Thank you.

[Glacier Honey]

Well actually, if it wasn’t for the MSM - Hillary would be the nominee