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Report: Obama Says He Does Not Watch Enough Cable News to Grasp Terrorism Fears
freebeacon.com ^ | December 18, 2015 12:37 pm | Morgan Chalfant

Posted on 12/18/2015 9:47:45 AM PST by GonzoII

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Report: Obama Says He Does Not Watch Enough Cable News to Grasp Terrorism Fears

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President Obama reportedly told a group of news columnists this week that he does not watch enough cable news to grasp terrorism fears in the country following terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California.

The characterization of Obama's comments was included in an article from Friday's issue of theNew York Timesand has since been edited out of the piece without correction, Mediaite first reported. Several journalists also drew attention to the excerpt on social media before its removal.

Obama needs more cable news in his media diet? Revealing comment in a private meeting with newspaper columnists… pic.twitter.com/iUHz6Ey38g

- Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 18, 2015

"In his meeting with the columnists, Mr. Obama indicated that he did not see enough cable television to fully appreciate the anxiety after the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, and made clear that he plans to step up his public arguments," the Times piece read.

The article outlined a meeting, originally meant to be off the record, that Obama held with a group of columnists Tuesday during which he defended his response to the terror attacks. Obama saw his career-worst rating on terrorism following the coordinated shootings and suicide bombings in Paris that killed 130 people, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released last month.

Following the attacks in San Bernardino that killed 14, Americans now rate terrorism as the top problem facing the United States, according to Gallup data published earlier this week.

The Obama administration has responded to several national crises, such as the Department of Veterans' Affairs fake waitlist scandal last year, by indicating that the president learned of the controversy through news reports.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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1 posted on 12/18/2015 9:47:45 AM PST by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

And, of course, he skips all his intel briefings...so.


2 posted on 12/18/2015 9:49:24 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: GonzoII

Too lazy to learn how to navigate with a TV remote leaves Obama stuck on pbs.


3 posted on 12/18/2015 9:50:50 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: jacknhoo

D’oh! You took it right off my typing fingers.

I was going to say, he completely ignores his PDB’s.


4 posted on 12/18/2015 9:52:21 AM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: GonzoII

Only a MUSLIM would mock the American people like this. He’s implying Americans are afraid just because Fox is sensationalizing the terrorism threat. He can go F himself to hell.


5 posted on 12/18/2015 9:53:14 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (u)
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To: GonzoII

And this is a President? Damn rotten Democrats. These fools have destroyed America. No coming back, we will never recover.


6 posted on 12/18/2015 9:53:45 AM PST by Logical me
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To: GonzoII

SO what makes him think Americans want “gun control?”


7 posted on 12/18/2015 9:54:41 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: GonzoII

Yet he has had time to visit with at least a 1000 CEO’s on a daily basis.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/us-president-barack-obama-opens-white-house-doors-to-forge-ceo-alliances/articleshow/50188187.cms

Priorities after all. Destroy Christian American to her knees and make sure he and his ilk will have billions to live on the rest of their lives. Heck buy some islands, won’t be able to live here we will be on fire.


8 posted on 12/18/2015 9:55:04 AM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: GonzoII

As others have noted:

We’re not afraid. We’re ticked off that we have a government that is on the other side.


9 posted on 12/18/2015 9:55:09 AM PST by marron
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To: GonzoII

He really despises us, doesn’t he?


10 posted on 12/18/2015 9:55:43 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
This just goes to show how out of touch DC is with the Country it's supposed to lead.
11 posted on 12/18/2015 9:56:00 AM PST by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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To: GonzoII

So rather than admit he’s one clueless bastard, he infers that watching cable news is not good for you, because it instills unreasonable fears of non-existent threats.

1. He is clueless
2. He’s an insufferable jerk
3. He’s incapable of grasping issues over that of a 9 year old’s level of perception
4. He refuses to bring himself up to speed on the threat of terror
5. He exposes the United States to massive destruction
6. If 1-5 are false, then he’s a terrorist


12 posted on 12/18/2015 9:56:51 AM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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To: GonzoII

So...where does he get all of his other garbage? You know, global warming info, gun control polls, and celebrity gossip?

F U B O !


13 posted on 12/18/2015 9:57:11 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: GonzoII

He learns everything he knows from the media, but he doesn’t watch the media. Thus, he knows nothing.


14 posted on 12/18/2015 9:57:35 AM PST by DannyTN
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15 posted on 12/18/2015 9:57:38 AM PST by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
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To: marron; GonzoII

Exactly...we are very ticked off.


16 posted on 12/18/2015 9:57:44 AM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: GonzoII

Great talker. Great liar.


17 posted on 12/18/2015 9:59:08 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Or rather still figuring the NCAA bracketology channel.

18 posted on 12/18/2015 10:00:58 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen (Was addicted to the Hokey Pokey...but I turned myself around...((@))
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To: GonzoII
Report: Obama Says He Does Not Watch Enough Cable News to Grasp Terrorism Fears

Then, why is he always hammering Fox News? (Fox News has become his friend) Ignorant bastard!

19 posted on 12/18/2015 10:03:30 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: GonzoII

0bama spends his time watching ESPN while he is working out in the gym.


20 posted on 12/18/2015 10:04:28 AM PST by forgotten man
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