Obama SLAMS FOX Noise: Without Network, He'd be up 2-3 More Points

Obama: Fox worth 2-3 points

A fascinating riff from Matt Bai's new Times Magazine story:

“I am convinced that if there were no Fox News, I might be two or three points higher in the polls,” Obama told me. “If I were watching Fox News, I wouldn’t vote for me, right? Because the way I’m portrayed 24/7 is as a freak! I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal. Who wants somebody like that?

“I guess the point I’m making,” he went on, “is that there is an entire industry now, an entire apparatus, designed to perpetuate this cultural schism, and it’s powerful. People want to know that you’re fighting for them, that you get them. And I actually think I do. But you know, if people are just seeing me in sound bites, they’re not going to discover that. That’s why I say that some of that may have to happen after the election, when they get to know you.”

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Obama_Fox_worth_23_points.html?showall

it will just go to their heads.

I know a guy who believes it. It's disturbing. Fox perpetuates myths about Barack and it does effect people's perception of him.

stomach an hour of Fox unless it's sports. And even their sports coverage is biased.

are now believing the shit that FOX News and McCain say and they have a bad feeling about Obama and do not want to vote for him because he hangs with terrorist and he has a pastor who hates America....HELP ME!!!

It sounds like this is your task for Obama. We all have one.

First, Obama does not hang out with terrorists. In fact, he doesn't even have any friends who are listed as "terrorist".

Secondly, Rev. Wright does NOT hate America. He served in the military and attended to our President LBJ during his surgery.

Hell, this Wiki article puts it into better context: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Wright_controversy

but they just say that I have gotten to be so liberal that I do not see the truth. WTF? My parents live in Florida and Obama could sure use their votes....I am working them good and if I can even get them to vote for Obama and they have to hold their noses doing it that will be a success!

I am telling you that FOX News and the rest of the so called "liberal media" have alot of power and if they would simply tell the people the fucking facts and no more Obama would be up in the polls by about 20-30 points right now.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/05/g-gordon-liddy-john-mccai_n_100134.html

And that the guy who hosted that Hannity program is a known anti-semite and bases all his arguements against Obama on opinion--not fact.

www.FactCheck.org and www.snopes.com

And if they can't vote for Obama, they never were Democrats - EVER.

McCain/Palin rallies I think what FOX is doing is treasonous. Julius Streicher was charged with crimes against humanity and hung for doing the same kind of shit.

Access to the white house completely cut off.

Justice is coming, and that right quick.

From your lips to Obama's ear.

access to our White HOuse when they lied every way possible to keep Obama Biden OUT?

Thanks for spelling this out for me:)

Elisabeth Hasselbeck will have a major rant on The View.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck will have a major rant on The View.

put .....


and hilarious... good for calling those scumbags out ... the number of folks in america who watch only FAUX is chilling...

Fox "News" needs to be shut down. It is a threat to democracy and civil society, in general. If Obama completely used up his "honeymoon period" getting that filth forced off the air, America would be a much better place.

I would love to see FOX's FCC license revoked, and the entire Murdoch empire shut down!

Make them like other comedy shows etc.

..it ain't right that all the Reich Wingers have to do in order to monopolize the political discourse is buy up all the licenses.

I would prefer that the airwaves be opened up for everyone, but if we're going with torches and pitchforks, the Repukes can't well pretend that they didn't bring it upon themselves.

A smear machine and not a source of real news. I like this, I don't think it's giving them credit he is speaking the truth and I think he's giving them fair warning that the jig is almost up.

"I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal."

-Barack Obama

“I guess the point I’m making,” he went on, “is that there is an entire industry now, an entire apparatus, designed to perpetuate this cultural schism, and it’s powerful."

that generates false information to the American people from every side. It goes beyond any vast right wing conspiracy in the 1990s. This is massive. They try to influence every written word in newspapers and every spoken word on TV and radio. Consider, just as one example, how ABC even tried to inject ugly right wing politics into football by using Rush Limbaugh. Then there was Dennis Miller. This should tell you the scope of this operation.

Who says he doesn't get it again????

Republican Party propoganda -- winning elections by hook or crook -- they could care less about the well-being of the country

This post made my!

A Democratic candidate with the balls to just fucking SAY IT. That was so damn good, I need a cigarette now. Our candidates should have said this years ago. What took so fucking long?

Fox is just a right wing propaganda machine.

his Team are winning in Spite of Fauxsn00ze.

:P

They haven't been able to do any major damage--despite their constant attempts because almost everyone with half a brain knows they jumped the shark a long time ago. Liberals know they are full of shit and I'm sure moderates and Indies caught on long ago as well.

I continue to be impressed. No way he is not one of our great presidents if he wins. He will help heal this nation.

thanks obama

Now we're getting somewhere!