Obama says Fox News 'destructive' for U.S. growth (Is Hussein going a bit bonkers?)

Vancouver Sun ^ | 9/28/10 | Sheldon Alberts

[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."

[Retired Intelligence Officer]

Now if Fox news would retaliate on Obama and go after his eligibiltiy issue.

[Old Sarge]

[bitt]

wow, nice rant! see #73

[Arrowhead1952]

Yep, I think that is a troll. They have a tendency to

TYPE THEIR REPLY IN ALL CAPS

for a simple comment.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[bareford101]

o.k. sissy. . let’s throw out the racist card..... darker, indeed!!!! how about a pitch black heart??!!

“Then there are probably some aspects of the Tea Party that are a little darker, that have to do with anti-immigrant sentiment or are troubled by what I represent as the president,” Obama said.”

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks catnipman for that op-ed, and thanks bitt for the pointer.

[Marine_Uncle]

I waded through the poster's opinions. He makes some good points that most of us would back up. Other things are so so.