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Obama says Fox News 'destructive' for U.S. growth (Is Hussein going a bit bonkers?)
Vancouver Sun ^ | 9/28/10 | Sheldon Alberts

Posted on 09/28/2010 7:10:24 AM PDT by Libloather

Obama says Fox News 'destructive' for U.S. growth
By Sheldon Alberts - Washington Correspondent, Postmedia News
September 28, 2010 6:02 AM

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday called Fox News Network "ultimately destructive for the long-term growth" of the United States, reopening a long-running feud with the conservative cable network that has led the U.S. conservative media's opposition to his administration.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Obama accused Australian-born Rupert Murdoch, Fox's chairman and chief executive, of being more concerned about profits than the well-being of the United States.

He also compared Murdoch to William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper baron whose sensational publications produced the term 'yellow' journalism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Obama was asked in the Rolling Stone interview whether Fox was a good institution for America and democracy.

"Look, as president, I swore to uphold the Constitution, and part of that Constitution is a free press. 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," 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. It's 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. But as an economic enterprise, it's been wildly successful. And I suspect that if you ask Mr. Murdoch what his No. 1 concern is, it's that Fox is very successful."

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Obama was asked in the Rolling Stone interview whether Fox was a good institution for America and democracy.

Hussein should be axed that about Hussein.

1 posted on 09/28/2010 7:10:28 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Typical Liberal hack. Attack those who present the opposing side and attack those who are critical.


2 posted on 09/28/2010 7:12:04 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: Libloather

Fox. Over Target and taking flack! Bombs away!


3 posted on 09/28/2010 7:12:17 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (counter revolutionary)
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To: Libloather; All

He is getting a bit paranoid imho..


4 posted on 09/28/2010 7:12:20 AM PDT by KevinDavis (President Obama: The Crybaby in Chief...)
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To: Libloather

Waaaah! It’s all Fox News’ fault!!!!


5 posted on 09/28/2010 7:13:45 AM PDT by BradtotheBone (Moderate Democrat - A politician whose voting record leans left and whose vote can be bought.)
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To: Libloather

A bit bonker/ Just a bit?


6 posted on 09/28/2010 7:13:53 AM PDT by No Truce With Kings (I can see November from my house.)
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To: From The Deer Stand

Can we call it FDS? Fox Derrangement Syndrome?


7 posted on 09/28/2010 7:14:04 AM PDT by WAW (Which enumerated power?)
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To: Libloather

“Destructive for US growth?”

A TV Channel?

I am ashamed of myself for laughing at this.


8 posted on 09/28/2010 7:14:15 AM PDT by Radix ("..Democrats are holding a meeting today to decide whether to overturn the results of the election.")
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To: Libloather

He all wee weed up.


9 posted on 09/28/2010 7:14:32 AM PDT by SC_Pete
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To: Libloather

Obama’s unraveling faster than a ball of yarn at a knitting convention.


10 posted on 09/28/2010 7:14:42 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Obama, Pelosi and Reid - the Trio of Twits)
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To: Libloather

Our very own Hugo Chavez offers his two cents. Again.


11 posted on 09/28/2010 7:15:27 AM PDT by wideawake
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Among cable news channels, Fox was the clear winner, with 42 percent of respondents saying it is their main source, compared with 30 percent who cited CNN and 12 percent who rely on MSNBC.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/what-percentage-of-americans-have-never-heard-of-ed-schultz-or-rachel-maddow/


12 posted on 09/28/2010 7:15:39 AM PDT by SF_Redux
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To: Libloather

You know those two flags were positioned upside down.

DISTRESS
Maniac in the White House


13 posted on 09/28/2010 7:15:46 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys)
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To: Libloather

I stopped reading when I saw the part about Obama swearing to uphold the Constitution.


14 posted on 09/28/2010 7:16:14 AM PDT by cvq3842
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To: Libloather
The next re-design of the Oval Office should install rubber walls and remove all pointed and sharp objects.

And if you want to accelerate the crack-up we should all send to the White House Brit Hume bobble-head dolls.

15 posted on 09/28/2010 7:16:20 AM PDT by AU72
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To: screaminsunshine; All

Rupert loves a good fight. He made life miserable for Ted Kennedy in Boston....

” Was it something I said? F A T B O Y ? “


16 posted on 09/28/2010 7:16:37 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: Libloather

“That Constitution”

THAT little thing that gets in your way? What a scumbag...


17 posted on 09/28/2010 7:16:44 AM PDT by Wright Wing
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"In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine"

And of course Rolling Stone is a paragon of virtue who always plays it straight down the middle when it comes to political reporting..... [/sarcasm]
18 posted on 09/28/2010 7:16:49 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Libloather

These folks are demented-—they have every news outlet in this country except FOX—and they can’t stand it.

That the (so-called) president of the the US of A would even make such a whinney statement is degrading to the whole country, IMHO.

Hasn’t he got better things to do with his time?


19 posted on 09/28/2010 7:17:09 AM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: Libloather
 
Obama Says Fox News 'destructive' for U.S. Growth

20 posted on 09/28/2010 7:17:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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