Grumpy Fox host thinks Obama has ‘grudge against’ network
Published: June 17, 2009
Updated 8 months ago
During a Tuesday interview with CNBC, President Barack Obama not only swatted a pesky fly but also got in a passing jab at Fox News. Now Fox is striking back with charges that Obama is just holding a grudge.
“I’ve got one television station entirely devoted to attacking my administration.” Obama told the interviewer when asked if the media needs to be more critical of him. “You’d be hard-pressed, if you watched the entire day, to find a positive story about me on that front.”
“We’re just balancing things out,” Fox host Steve Doocy insisted testily on Wednesday. “When you watch the other channels, the news channels, it’s all — you don’t hear a lot of the criticism.”
“Obama talks about the fact that there is one network that is fair and balanced,” continued Doocy, “and does hold people accountable — Fox — but does he mention the fact that there is one network that is devoted to absolutely being his cheerleader?”
This may have been intended as a slam against MSNBC, although both that network’s conservative host, Joe Scarborough, and the liberals Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow have been pummeling Obama regularly on a variety of issues.
“We could have been upset at this comment,” Gretchen Carlson added, playing a clip of Obama’s appearance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in May, where he jokingly suggested, “All of you voted for me — apologies to the Fox table.”
“He should come on Fox,” Doocy proposed, though he quickly added, “Maybe he’s got a grudge against Fox or something like that.”
Fox’s Greta Van Susteren had specifically indicated in her blog on Tuesday that she believes “the President is holding a grudge about our coverage for something that he ultimately agreed about — Reverend Wright and his incendiary comments. The President did not like that we held his feet to the fire.”
“We would love to extend the invitation to President Obama to come on the couch,” Carlson concluded flirtatiously.
This video is from Fox News’ Fox & Friends, broadcast June 17, 2009.
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Anyone that listens to fox knows they are a right wing network and anything they say is the opposite of what has happened..It is fox who wants us and the dems to fail and they will help us do that..This obvious bias reminds me of sarah where she gives out hate, but crys when she gets it back..You get back what you give out fox..We have a whole network trying to destroy our president and half of americans ,trying to make america fail because their party didnt get elected..How chidish..That is not right..
News about the news isn’t really news, it’s just reiteration.
Fox probably appears on the Republican Party organizational chart. There is no rational person that thinks they are anything but a GOP tool. So any attention afforded them by Pres. Obama is unilateral courtesy.
Anyone ever notice that when a republican slams the media, nothing really happens, but god forbid that anyone else do it. That’s the end of your public career if you’re not a republican. Every election cycle, the repubs slam the media and get away with it so-to-speak.
For example, Jesse Ventura slammed the media repeatedly and they raked his corpse over the fire until there was nothing left. On weekends, rather than fundraise for his campaign, he worked. Most politicians spend their nights and weekends drumming up support and contributions for their next campaign and get a free pass, but one man goes to work and the media spins it as if he abandoned the state to make a buck.
Kinda makes you wonder who owns the media…
“Kinda makes you wonder who owns the media…”
Not really. All one has to do is look back to Richard Viguerie’s (sp) statements about ‘owning the microphone’. They’ve been at this for 30 years. Ownership has its privileges and the owners have unquestionably made certain they exploit the audience in every conceivable way.
Maybe he just doesn’t want to lower himself to show up on the single most idiotic show in the country. I have yet to see or hear ANYTHING from the two morons and a bimbo show that is anything but insulting to the American people. No one in their right mind WOULD want to be on that show. It’s a complete farce.
I think he doesn’t want to spend the rest of the week spitting the bad taste out of his mouth that he would no doubt get from showing up there. I get it just from the small bits that show up here.
And let’s get real, all you Faux Noise lovers, if YOU had someone who clearly hated everything you stood for, lied about you at every chance, and made a point of bad mouthing you since they first heard your name, would YOU go and hang out with them? I wouldn’t go near them with a pack of guard dogs.
Does he have a grudge against them? Why NOT? If they had been “fair and balanced”, then they wouldn’t have done anything for him to have a grudge about, would he? As it is, they pounded on things that were clearly lies and had been debunked weeks before, while giving McCain a walk on damn near everything during the whole election. They are clearly as biased as one can be.
Faux Noise should be kicked off the air for lying, for obfuscation, and for fomenting violence among the population. The pron news channel should go away and never be allowed to pollute the airwaves again. They add NOTHING to the country or the discourse in it. They are just liars, and should be treated as such.
As a matter of policy, NO DEMOCRAT should appear on Fox “News.” This way, people who wanted REAL news would switch channels to a real news show.
Just because they say they are “fair and balanced” does not make it so.
I could say I look just like Angelina Jolie, but (as much as I would like that to be the case) the real facts simply do not bear that out.
Grudge? no.. disgust? probably.. all sane people are disgusted with Fox.
This channel is news like McDonald’s is food.
Oh poor Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil aka Foolish and Friends.. I guess they must have forgotten a few weeks ago Mr Crocodile Face Murdoch was on Cavuto’s show screaming “how dangerous Pres Obama is” ..Hmmmm grudge may be a little to kind, for that network !!!! Fringed Obnoxious Xenophobes (FOX)!!!!!!!!!!!
The President did not knock FAUX. Harwood made an incorrect comment that it seemed that he gets only positive treatment from the press. The President said “well, I have one channel that is entirely dedicated against me..” Hawood then said well “my network CNBC hasn’t always bee positive”. None of this is attacking the network…it is stating the obvious. Why are wingnuts so thin skinned? They call all real media liberal and have for over thirty years and they create their own little reality station to feed their sick hate and they still want everyone to buy into their insanity. Go away wingnuts. Nobody wants to be like you. We are waiting for you to just fade away.
Why doesn’t Doocy (what a name) go on Olbermann’s show to “balance” things out?
their usual screeching hasn’t worked. They are now on to whining.
Zelduh is correct. NO Democrat should ever appear on the Fox Entertainment channel. They should be treated like what they are, the media whore’s for the republiKKKon party. Come on, it should be easy for Democrats to just say NO. After all, it the unofficial name of the republiKKKon party, the NO-NO party. Marginalize Fox Entertainment and let them only have the NO-NO party on to tell their lies.
Why would Obama have a grudge after Fux News treated him so fairly? I hope they and their criminal owner,Murdoch, go bankrupt
poor babies….
I wish I had seen my parent’s Vegas - run by the Mob..with some character and panache.
The Vegas I visited is a bland, homogeneous, corporate theme restaurant.
The problem isn’t just Fox; even CNN now is just overemotional, hypey nonsense.
I’m guessing Cronkite et al spoke to men, whereas now women are the target.
I find your comment sexist.
Truth hurts, huh, Doofey?
Aw. I’ll send him and each of his brain dead collegues at FAUXNewz a quarter so they can each call someone who cares … 1-888-WHI-NERR.
“I’ve got one television station entirely devoted to attacking my administration.”
Couldn’t be more than 100% correct with this quote!
“We’re just balancing things out,” Fox host Steve Doocy
He is not only WRONG… but an idiot too!
“…the liberals Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow have been pummeling Obama regularly on a variety of issues.”
Also 100% TRUE.
Gretchen Carlson
As for her… she is worse than Douchy
From Douchy again… “but does he mention the fact that there is one network that is devoted to absolutely being his cheerleader?”
How and why do conservatives/repugs/Fox ALWAYS forget that they were Bush’s cheerleader and look what that fool did to America!
I really wish they would all go away!
This is a morning entertainment show, not a news show.
If Bugs Bunny was on another channel, they would have low ratings.
The only reason the perverted right watches FAUX NEWS is to catch a beaver shot or cleavage from the “hosts”–either male or female…..
Is anybody on TV dumber than Steve Doocy?
GOP
Grumpy Old People
going the way of the dinosaurs that a lot of them don’t believe in
not soon enough though
Poor little assclowns at Fux Noise could use some cheese with that whine!
Two comments by the principals in the article, one true, one a lie:
“I’ve got one television station entirely devoted to attacking my administration.” Obama told the interviewer when asked if the media needs to be more critical of him. “You’d be hard-pressed, if you watched the entire day, to find a positive story about me on that front.”
True. I defy anyone on Fox to prove otherwise.
“Obama talks about the fact that there is one network that is fair and balanced,” continued Doocy, “
False, and Obama certainly couldn’t make such a comment about Fox and maintain any degree of credibility.
That’s a guilty conscience talking. Obama never mentioned FOX by name, yet even THEY assumed it was the network he was referring to. Methinks they doth protest too much.
that point needed mentioning
The boasting statement that they are ‘balanced’…having to “explain” that means they are ‘the balance’ to other news networks admits their bias. It presumes the others are all “Liberal Bias” and their mission is to put their thumb on the scale for slanting thing TOWARD a “Conservative Bias”. It’s blatant and bold…and certainly NOT in any way something that should be considered News, let alone fact–based analysis or journalism.
Ya think? Fox News is such a sham. I hate that so many folks without a clue hang on every word.
I just wish something would happen big that they would be totally discredited.
just glancing at the still of those three inept, adolescent poseurs is more than I can stomach — watching the video is a not-happen