l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 1 By Jeff Poor (Bio | Archive)
Wed, 09/29/2010 - 12:10 ET
Lately the Fox News Channel’s overnight program “Red Eye” has offered a
plethora of media criticism – much of it dead-spot on. Last week during
this
his “Gregalogue” segment, host Greg Gutfeld took on the so-called “Rally
to
Restore Sanity” offered up by Comedy Central hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen
Colbert.
On the Sept. 29 broadcast of his show “Red Eye,” Gutfeld responded to
President Barack Obama’s comments about Fox News he made during a recent
interview.
“So President Obama was just interviewed in Rolling Stone magazine -- that
thinning pamphlet for our country's dwindling supply of pony-tailed
pensioners,” Gutfeld said. “When asked about Fox News, this is what our
Commander-in-Chief had to say.”
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Gutfeld read a portion of that interview, which Obama played media critic
and attacked FNC that appeared in the Oct. 15 issue of Rolling Stone:
I think Fox ... is part of the tradition that has a very clear, undeniable
point of view. It's 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. But
as an economic enterprise, it's been wildly successful.
But the “Red Eye” host reminded Obama he has the deck stacked in his favor
,
yet time and time again, he and members of his administration go after the
Fox News Channel.
“OK let me get this straight -- you're the President of the United States,
with both Houses [of Congress] under your control. You also have the most
fawning press of any president in the history of the universe and yet you
let FNC get under your skin, because it's the only network that doesn't have
a thrill up its leg?” he continued. “Obama’s like a sports team who owns
the
ref, the fans and the field, but refuses to play until the kid in the tenth
row stops chewing gum.”
And as Gutfeld explained, it wasn’t Fox News Channel that has rallied the
biggest thorn in the side of this administration, the Tea Party movement.
Instead, it was Chicago CME Group floor reporter Rick Santelli, who works
for a competitor of Fox News.
“So let's indulge his fantasy and imagine if Fox News didn't exist – the
good old days, when the only media was a liberal one,” Gutfeld said. “Well
,
Obama would still be in trouble. See, it wasn't Fox who started the tea
parties. It was CNBC’s Rick Santelli - and then America went crazy with it.”
And what would happen if there were no Fox News? This White House, which
seems to want to take a page out of the Saul Alinsky playbook and give its
political opponents as label, would have to go after someone or something
else. Gutfeld suggested it would be the American people.
“In fact, it would be far worse for Obama if there was no Fox News, because
then he'd only have the American people to get mad at,” Gutfeld said. “
There
is no Republican adversary right now, and without Fox News – who's left?
You. And this is why the Crybaby-in-Chief needs us. It provides cover, so
Obama can criticize Americans without ever saying ‘those Americans.’ He
can
just say Fox News instead. And I don't mind. We're happy to help. And if you
disagree with me, you're a racist, homophobic, taurophobe.” |
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