Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Charles Krauthammer: I love to hear the president whine about FOX News and talk radio



Charles Krauthammer: I love to hear the president whine about FOX News and talk radio - Charlie Spiering/Washington Examiner @charlesspiering

President Obama stated in a interview with the New Republic that Fox News and Rush Limbaugh hampered his ability to work with Republicans.

“If a Republican member of Congress is not punished on Fox News or by Rush Limbaugh for working with a Democrat on a bill of common interest, then you’ll see more of them doing it,” Obama said.

Goldberg, Krauthammer address ‘grotesque’ recent media coverage of Obama [VIDEO] - Jeff Poor/Daily Caller

“I love to hear the president whine of Fox News and talk radio,” Krauthammer said. “I think we ought to be proud of the fact that we annoy him so much. If you look at the lineup on one side, the liberal media, you start with ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, PBS, MSNBC, the elite newspapers, the one remaining news magazine, the universities, Hollywood — it doesn’t stop anywhere. On the other side: talk radio and Fox News. They can’t stand the fact that they no longer have a monopoly.”

“So, I think it ought to be taken as a compliment,” he continued. “And you know, what I have always said about Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdock: Their genius was understanding and locating a niche audience in broadcast cable news, which is half the American people — the half that suffered for decades by the fact [that] you get news presented from a single perspective over and over again. And finally, the fact that there is a new perspective, talk radio and Fox, and they can’t stand it. It is a source of pride, I would say.”

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