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    Y.W. Editor
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    President Obama spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday about his administration’s portrayal of Fox News as an illegitimate news organization — only to say he’s not “losing sleep” over the controversy.

    Obama, in an interview with NBC, at first attempted to deflect a question about the White House’s criticism of Fox News, saying “the American people are a lot more interested in what we’re doing to create jobs or how we’re handling the situation in Afghanistan.”

    The interviewer then pressed, noting that Obama’s advisers have targeted the network openly.

    “I think that what our advisers simply said is, is that we are going to take media as it comes,” Obama said. “And if media is operating, basically, as a talk radio format, then that’s one thing. And if it’s operating as a news outlet than that’s another. But it’s not something I’m losing a lot of sleep over.”

    Several top White House advisers have gone on other channels to criticize Fox News’ coverage of the administration, dismiss the network as the mouthpiece of the Republican Party and urge other news organizations not to treat Fox News as a legitimate news station.

    And on Tuesday, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said White House officials “render (that) opinion based on some their coverage and the fairness of that coverage.”

    But asked how Fox News was different from other news organizations, Gibbs mentioned the channel’s 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. shows, in an explicit reference to “Beck” and “Hannity” — even though those two shows represent opinion programming.

    Informed that those hours are for opinion programming, Gibbs said: “That is our opinion.”

    Michael Clemente, senior vice president of news for Fox News, issued a statement Tuesday defending the company.

    “Hundreds of journalists come to work each day at Fox News all deeply committed to their craft. It’s disappointing that the White House would be so dismissive of their fine work and continue their vengeful war against a news organization,” he said.

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/21/obama-compares-fox-news-talk-radio-says-hes-losing-sleep-controversy/?test=latestnews

    #663833
    sammygol
    Member

    When one adds fuel to the fire, the first hands to get burned are usually one’s own.

    #663834
    jphone
    Member

    The white house has to do something. They cant have a news outlet publicly question the statistics they spit out. where do you think we live, Iran, where the news is free to criticize the president? We live in the USA where it is the President way or the highway.

    #663835
    AinOhdMilvado
    Participant

    This, I am afraid, is just the beginning! Hit’o’re’ru Yehudim yekarim! Though he doesn’t know it, obama is, of course, working for HaKadosh Baruch Hu. He is here to remind us that, unlike many of us would like to think, Galus IS a PUNISHMENT.

    #663836
    coal
    Member

    EDITED Why should a president care so much about 1 news channel? Unless the truth hurts!!!

    #663837
    haifagirl
    Participant

    I agree that this is just the beginning. Don’t wait until it’s too late. Get out now. I have extra room in my apartment if anyone wants to come to Haifa.

    #663838
    Jersey Jew
    Participant

    We are oif g’hakta tzuris here. All the other “news” venues bow at the alter of Obama. Its left over to FoxNews to report so you could decide.

    For example, this story was seen on FoxNews yesterday and was also reported on its site:

    H1N1 flu is running rampant throughout the U.S., and the country will have received only 25 percent of the vaccine that was expected by the end of October, Sen. Joe Lieberman told a Senate committee hearing Wednesday.

    The grim news was the focus of a special hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, at which three Cabinet secretaries were called to address the panel: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

    I ask all of you out there in YWN land, where oh were was this on the other “news” channels?? The answer is NO PLACE! They are so in bed with the almighty Obama, they fear criticizing him.

    B”H FoxNews has the testosterone to be the lone voice out there. The liberal press are showing EXACTLY who they are. They have never asked a single hard question to this president and they probably never will.

    #663839
    hud
    Member

    I hope u were joking jphone. We live in a Democratic country. I am not saying it is the correct way, but one should be able to criticize authority if he wants to.

    #663840
    haifagirl
    Participant

    Yes hud, jphone was joking. In a journalism workshop I once attended, the professor said, “Unless you’re Mike Royko, don’t write satire. He’s the only one who can get away with it. If anybody else does it, people take it seriously and don’t realize you’re joking.”

    I’ve seen time and time and time again that professor was 100% correct.

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