Little-Acorn
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After years of insane Congressional spending (from both liberals in both parties); recent programs to take over banks, mortgage houses, and car companies; pushing millions of risky loans nationwide that crashed the country's entire economy; and Federal subsidies of state and local governments that benefitted no one, President Obama has finally delivered himself of an opinion on who the real "destructive" influence in this country is.
So, as more and more people turn against the Democrats and they face electoral losses of historic proportions, who did the President finally finger? No, not any of the politicians who pushed these programs or put them in place.
The real villain, according to the head of our government? It's the news station that told all those people the truth about what he and his supporters are doing.
What's worse, it's practically the only station that regularly puts both conservative and liberal viewpoints on the air, frequently putting advocates for each on the same panel and letting them duke it out.
No, Obama isn't complaining about this station putting those liberal viewpoints on. (He's also not complaining about the rest of the nationwide stations, that usually put on ONLY the liberal viewpoint).
Their overriding offense? They keep pointing out how damaging and unsupportable his own philosophies and actions are.
And that cannot be tolerated. The one thing that has the potential to destroy the leftist agenda, is the truth. No matter how sprinkled with liberal viewpoints it sometimes is.
THAT'S what draws this President's ire.
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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/28/obama-fox-news-is-destructive-to-america/?hpt=T2
Obama: Fox News is 'destructive' to America
by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
(CNN) - President Obama is pulling no punches when it comes to Fox News, declaring the cable news outlet to be "destructive to [America's] long-term growth."
Officials in the Obama White House have long made Fox News a punching bag, launching a full blown offensive last year when aides declared the network to be "opinion journalism masquerading as news." Then-White House Communications Director Anita Dunn said the cable outlet "operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party," and top aide Valerie Jarret called Fox "clearly biased."
But the new comments from Obama constitute the president's most direct attack yet on the network owned by business mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Fox News pushes "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," Obama said.
Fox has yet to respond to the president. But during the administration offensive against the network last year, network spokesman Michael Clemente slammed the White House for continuing "to declare war on a news organization instead of focusing on the critical issues that Americans are concerned about."
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)
So, as more and more people turn against the Democrats and they face electoral losses of historic proportions, who did the President finally finger? No, not any of the politicians who pushed these programs or put them in place.
The real villain, according to the head of our government? It's the news station that told all those people the truth about what he and his supporters are doing.
What's worse, it's practically the only station that regularly puts both conservative and liberal viewpoints on the air, frequently putting advocates for each on the same panel and letting them duke it out.
No, Obama isn't complaining about this station putting those liberal viewpoints on. (He's also not complaining about the rest of the nationwide stations, that usually put on ONLY the liberal viewpoint).
Their overriding offense? They keep pointing out how damaging and unsupportable his own philosophies and actions are.
And that cannot be tolerated. The one thing that has the potential to destroy the leftist agenda, is the truth. No matter how sprinkled with liberal viewpoints it sometimes is.
THAT'S what draws this President's ire.
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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/28/obama-fox-news-is-destructive-to-america/?hpt=T2
Obama: Fox News is 'destructive' to America
by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
(CNN) - President Obama is pulling no punches when it comes to Fox News, declaring the cable news outlet to be "destructive to [America's] long-term growth."
Officials in the Obama White House have long made Fox News a punching bag, launching a full blown offensive last year when aides declared the network to be "opinion journalism masquerading as news." Then-White House Communications Director Anita Dunn said the cable outlet "operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party," and top aide Valerie Jarret called Fox "clearly biased."
But the new comments from Obama constitute the president's most direct attack yet on the network owned by business mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Fox News pushes "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," Obama said.
Fox has yet to respond to the president. But during the administration offensive against the network last year, network spokesman Michael Clemente slammed the White House for continuing "to declare war on a news organization instead of focusing on the critical issues that Americans are concerned about."
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)