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Total number of comments: 2 (since 2014-02-04 01:10:19)

Mike

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  • The Cheapening of American Politics: Why did Obama reward O'Reilly with an Interview?
    • Mike 02/03/2014 at 4:02 pm

      Also, the Fairness Doctrine is a blatant violation of the 1st Amendment.

    • Mike 02/03/2014 at 3:48 pm with 8 replies

      You can't condemn Fox for being a tool of the Republican Party without saying that MSNBC is mouthpiece for the White House and Democrat Party. MSNBC also pushes an unbelievable amount of propaganda and it also uses racial and gender division as a way to stir up controversy. Remember when MSNBC edited the Zimmerman tape to make it sound like he called Trayvon a coon. Yeah that happened.

      Wow Fox News is bad, that is so unsophisticated. It is such dated thinking. You're stuck in 2003-2004. The whole media system is corrupt and they all serve the same money masters at the top. I know that sounds very conspiratorial but we have to stop being naive. FOX News, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, at the end of the day they all serve the global elite. They are all different flavors of the same brand.

      Besides, it only makes sense that Obama gives an interview with O'Reilly because O'Reilly has some of the highest ratings in cable news. Fox News has at least double the ratings of MSNBC and CNN, so if Obama wants to talk to more than just an echo chamber he has to do it on Fox. The president at least has to make it seem like he can engage the opposition or else he just looks like he is in an ivory tower.

      Interviews of public officials should never be rewards.

      Which conservative on Fox do you deem worthy of interviewing Obama?

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