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Barack Obama Swipes at Donald Trump Habit of Watching TV and Social Media
Breitbart ^ | 19 Sep 2019 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on 09/19/2019 1:15:57 PM PDT by mplc51

Former President Barack Obama implicitly criticized President Donald Trump’s media habits in a speech on Wednesday. During a Splunk tech conference, Obama said it was helpful as president to have a diverse staff offering a wide range of advice on the issues of the day. “The other thing that is helpful is not watching TV or reading social media,” he added pointedly, according to Axios. He warned about people living in “filter bubbles” of information, made worse by social media. “That’s not healthy for a democracy and it’s not healthy between countries,” he said. “That’s how wars get started and bad things happen.” Obama had a history of purposefully ignoring cable news during his presidency. During an off-the-record conversation with prominent newspaper columnists, Obama let it slip that he “doesn’t watch TV” and “doesn’t watch cable news,” a comment that leaked to the media.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: glozellpresidency; obama; obamaspeech; obamatrump; trumpmedia; x44
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Obama did NOTHING in 8 years.
1 posted on 09/19/2019 1:15:57 PM PDT by mplc51
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You’d think a netflix executive would like someone watching tv....


2 posted on 09/19/2019 1:16:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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“Obama did NOTHING in 8 years.”

I disagree. The Fraud was and is all of our enemies’ biggest cheerleader, every chance he got and has.


3 posted on 09/19/2019 1:18:35 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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President Selfie-stick

4 posted on 09/19/2019 1:18:46 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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At the end of the day, nobody really knows how much TV Trump watches, nor how much time he actually spends tweeting.

He has a staff that bring all sorts of stuff to his attention and he may actually spend very little time on twitter other than to type a few responses (i.e. troll) and then move on.


5 posted on 09/19/2019 1:18:48 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
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Obama was too busy smoking choom and eating Doritos.


6 posted on 09/19/2019 1:18:51 PM PDT by pnut22
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We are not a democracy, you idiot!


7 posted on 09/19/2019 1:19:21 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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Not everyone’s into gay pornos, Barry.


8 posted on 09/19/2019 1:19:37 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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Obama let it slip that he “doesn’t watch TV” and “doesn’t watch cable news,”

BS, how fitting.

9 posted on 09/19/2019 1:19:59 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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What Obama likes to watch.

10 posted on 09/19/2019 1:20:10 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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[“That’s not healthy for a democracy”]

The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic, Manchurian Candidate Barack.

But you already knew that, didn’t you?

Just have to keep perpetuating your lies.


11 posted on 09/19/2019 1:20:27 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Well, at least he’s a legal president.


12 posted on 09/19/2019 1:21:08 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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Can he name one war that was started by social media.
what a stupid asshole


13 posted on 09/19/2019 1:21:56 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
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He actually did a lot of bad stuff.....

So he didn't do "nothing"...

14 posted on 09/19/2019 1:23:18 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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President Obama: ‘I spend mornings watching ESPN’

During an interview Friday with ESPN’s popular radio show “The Herd with Colin Cowherd,” the president said that most of his mornings started with the Worldwide Leader in Sports.

“I spend most of my time watching ESPN in the morning,” President Obama said. “I get so much politics I don’t want to be inundated with a bunch of chatter about politics during the day.”

The president explained that watching ESPN’s “Sportscenter” while working out in the morning gave him a pretty good sense of the sports world because he doesn’t really have time to sit down and watch entire games.

However, he said that he’s sometimes able to watch major championships like the Super Bowl or the World Series.


15 posted on 09/19/2019 1:23:35 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (If only Harvey Weinstein's bathrobe could talk.)
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Trump has probably figured out many of the hand written letters from people ‘who have been Republicans their whole lives’ are really coming out of Democrat War Rooms...

and that everything out of the mouths of these jerks is likely a lie.

Watching TV - and giving speeches - allowed Trump to get feedback not filtered through democrat and intelligence thugs.


16 posted on 09/19/2019 1:25:53 PM PDT by GOPJ ( Daniel Okrent HELP - lowlife editors at the New York Times need YOU... they've lost their way.)
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"We are who we've been waiting for!"
17 posted on 09/19/2019 1:27:16 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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Obama let it slip that he “doesn’t watch TV” and “doesn’t watch cable news,” a comment that leaked to the media.

I would believe this. If its not about him, entirely, he is not interested.

Also, I have always thought him to be intellectually lazy, so watching any cable news would be a strain on that weak brain of his.

18 posted on 09/19/2019 1:27:20 PM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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Mark Levin used to read 0bama’s daily schedule to his radio audience. Most of the morning was spent in bed or in the gym while watching ESPN. Lunch. Meet and greet with press and some bum like Al Sharpton about 2:00pm. Time to go upstairs and watch TV in the family quarters.


19 posted on 09/19/2019 1:27:44 PM PDT by forgotten man
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0 kept busy in the playroom with the pizza guy...


20 posted on 09/19/2019 1:28:10 PM PDT by northislander
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