Obama: Fox Not A 'News Outlet'

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Pres. Obama has described Fox News as "operating basically as a talk-radio format" rather than as a "news outlet."

When NBC's Savannah Guthrie raised [in a segment of her extended interview of the president aired on Today this morning] the issue of White House attacks on Fox News, PBO first tried to play the statesman, resorting to the old dodge about "the American people" being more interested in jobs and the situation in Afghanistan.

But when politely pressed on the issue, PBO didn't hesitate to fustigate Fox.

View video here.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

[madison10]

FOX: Obama not a real president.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Obama operates more like talk radio than a “news outlet” ping to Today show list.

[Carley]

Didn’t O have someone from the Daily Kos escorted into a news conference to ask a pre screened question?

[freedomfiter2]

Obama might have a point. A real news outlet would be to the right of Fox. Fox is the closest thing going right now though.

[Pistolshot]

OBummer spends more time campaigning than governing.

[madmominct]

Amen to that.

[demkicker]

Touchee’!!!

[uncbob]

A real news outlet would be to the right of Fox. Fox is the closest thing going right now though.

Agree

[myknowledge]

Obama, you're labeling my Fox News program as not a news outlet? Huh? What is wrong with your nutty head? How dare you call my Fox News not a news outlet! My News Corporation still makes a lot of cash. You don't.

[truthandlife]

Obama is being exposed for the communist leftist he is and Fox is exposing him and having a huge impact on his approval ratings and will be a big hindrance in getting his agenda.

Fox is public enemy #1. Fox should take it as a badge of honor. Obama looks so weak by opening up this fight.

[Ancient Drive]

Obama operates more like wuss. This is getting old a couple of months ago.

[wastoute]

LOL, beat me. I was about to post "Fair enough to call Fox 'not real news' since he isn't real president'". LOL

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[GoldenPup]

Obama: Fox Not A 'News Outlet'

The Oval Office Moron is clearly delusional and is merely trying to keep his a$$ covered...just like the monkey up the flag pole!!

[Rightly Biased]

Obama knows a fake when he see’s it! </sarcasm >

[LRS]

Maybe they should interview this Rev. Sharpton more often:

[Jeff Head]

Barry, Fox News is MUCH more of a news outlet than you are a president.

...and most people are figuring that out very quickly.

912: AMERICA AWAKES IN 2009

AMERICA NEEDS EACH OF US TO RESTORE THE CONSTITUTION

OBAMA IS A MARXIST IDEOLOGUE

[cripplecreek]

And CNN interviews fake commerce deprtment officials.

There seems to be a pattern developing.

Fake reporters showing up at Joe Arpio press conferences. Fake commerce department officials giving interviews, and fake Sarah Palin biographies showing up in time for her book release.

[Lazamataz]

OMG! After all the good advice Obama has gotten, he is KEEPING THE FIGHT ALIVE! Does everyone realize that this:

1. Insulates Fox from censorship, ever,

2. Increases the nation's interest in Fox,

3. Makes Obama look like the amateur he is -- and in fact makes Obama look rather Nixon-esque,

4. And is a fight he can NEVER WIN....

[Buddygirl]

I just about fell over laughing at the inane remark of Zero! PATHETIC!

[advance_copy]

Obama is not really a President, he’s operating basically as a community organizer.

[bray]

Translation: He's losing alot of sleep over FOX ROX! What an arrogant Buffoon.

Pray for America and Our Troops

[luvEastTenn]

Okay, I get it. FOX news is a fake news outlet exposing a fake president.

[Jane Long]

Saw this last night, on Hannity. Now if Fox would just find that darn birth certificate for Obammy...then they could prove - once and for all - that Obammy is not a real president.

[Strutt9]

No, he operates more like a tyrants do

[Lazamataz]

PBO didn't hesitate to fustigate Fox.

Great word, Mark.

BTW, I dub this dustup...... fusti-GATE.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

More significantly, as Dick Morris said, FOX is TAKING AWAY INDEPENDENTS AND MODERATE DEMS FROM OBAMA!

[Ancient Drive]

guess it takes a fake to know another fake? lol

[Lazamataz]

No, he operates more like a tyrants do.

Incorrect. Tyrants shut down the opposition with force. He hasn't.... and now he really CAN'T.

[devere]

Translation: Fox has been broadcasting the truth about me, and I can’t answer the facts. So I’ll try to discredit them.

[maddog55]

Obama, like Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod and the rest of the Marxist administration are complete a$$es that are way in over their heads. They act like kindergarten kids with a toy and the “is not, is so” mentality.

I’m disgusted with 90% of our so called government. There’s a few good folks but few and far between. The government is the domestic enemy...

[Scotswife]

“Didn’t O have someone from the Daily Kos escorted into a news conference to ask a pre screened question?”

Yes he did!

[Doogle]

narcissism is such a waste.....

[Strutt9]

I stand corrected.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Thanks, Laz: I always aim for alliteration ;-)

[luvEastTenn]

Ya know, I hate to bring this up. But B.O. does what Klintoon used to do, and that is to really pour it on thick to female reporters. As a female myself, watching her question him is just off-putting. You know before the first word is uttered that he is going to schmooze his way through it and try to charm her with what he thinks is his irrestible magnetism. I halfway expected him to say, “Now calm down, little lady.” What he needs is a heavyweight male journalist take him on like Kroft did. (Relax, any potential flamethrowers. This is nothing against female journalists. It’s just an observation about men of this type.)

[Arrowhead1952]

zero is whining about ONE news station. I guess there are not any anchors at Fox News that have a tingle running up their legs for him. If he is this worried about Fox, they must be doing something right. An enemy of my enemy is my friend. FUBO.

[JimRed]

Pres. Obama has described ABCNNBCBS Fox News as "operating basically as a propaganda arm of the DemocRAT Party talk-radio format" rather than as a "news outlet."

If he was honest...

[Coldwater Creek]

Well, I'm glad that you said nutty head and not na—y head.

[Doogle]

[boomop1]

The What ME WORRY? KID the Alfred E Newman non president.

[paulycy]

If he was honest...

Big "if."

[Strutt9]

I’ve been corrected that tyrants just shut down stations that don’t adhere to thier dictates. I still think he and his admin are tyrants.

[Carley]

Hopefully this will be brought to the attention of someone at FNC.

[IbJensen]

Obummer's not a president, he's a dirty, rotten traitorous muslim phony.

I begrudge this nation destroying creep even the toilet paper he uses.

[Scotswife]

BAAAHAHAHAHAAA!

That was the first thing I heard this morning on the radio.
“.....uhhhh, I’m Reverand Jesse Jackson....”

been chuckling about it ever since.

[rbmillerjr]

1. Obama is not a real citizen.
2. Obama is not our President.

Two can play that game Mr. Gazoo.

It is so pathetic that the Radical Leftists have control of our government with great assistance from ABC,NBC,CBS,CNN,WashPost,NyTimes, NPR,,,,etc. and they whine like a bunch of school girls about one media outlet.

They truely have a deep-seated desire for total control.

[JimRed]

Incorrect. Tyrants shut down the opposition with force. He hasn't.... and now he really CAN'T.

Off topic, but have their been any indications that his "National Security Force" is in training yet?

[PA-RIVER]

The Marxist Thug is comparing Fox to Communist news programs.

Thats like comparing Kenyans to Americans.