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Home Front: Politix
Obama takes aim at Fox News - NPD* Attack
2009-06-17
(CNN) -- Brushing off suggestions Tuesday the media is not critical enough of his administration, President Obama couldn't help but take aim at one cable news channel in particular.

"It's very hard for me to swallow that one," Obama told CNBC when asked whether he thinks the media is too easy on him. "First of all, I've got one television station entirely devoted to attacking my administration."

The interviewer quickly assumed Obama was referring to Fox News, a suggestion the president didn't disagree with.

"Well, that's a pretty big megaphone," he said. "And you'd be hard-pressed, if you watched the entire day, to find a positive story about me on that front."

"We welcome people who are asking us some, you know, tough questions," he continued. "And I think that I've been probably as accessible as any president in the first six months--press conferences, taking questions from reporters, being held accountable, being transparent about what it is that we're trying to do. I think that, actually, the reason that people have been generally positive about what we've tried to do is they feel as if I'm available and willing to answer questions, and we haven't been trying to hide them all. "

Obama struck a similar tone on the matter last month in his appearance before the White House Correspondents Dinner, during which he joked to the crowd, "Most of you covered me; all of you voted for me, apologies to the Fox table."
*NPD Narcissistic personality disorder as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, people (or institutions) who are also "special" or of high status.
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement
6. is interpersonally exploitative
7. lacks empathy
8. is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#12  Heresy is a serious crime.
Posted by: DMFD   2009-06-17 20:03  

#11  "And you'd be hard-pressed, if you watched the entire day, to find a positive story about me on that front."

So you admit you watch FOX all day long hoping they'll say something nice about you. Pathetic wuss.


"We welcome people who are asking us some, you know, tough questions"

Tough questions? Like what did you name the dog? How did you enjoy your date with your wife? Lying pathetic wuss.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-06-17 19:38  

#10  What a pansy!

Bush had
AljaBeebya
ABC
CNN
MSNBC
NPR
The NYT(deceased)

all entirely devoted to attacking him, and he won re-election (which Carter v2 won't).
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2009-06-17 19:05  

#9  Guess he gets a "no go" in the Job Book for communications procedures, eh 9mm?
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-06-17 16:25  

#8  Uh, somebody does not know their phonetic alphabet...
Posted by: Parabellum   2009-06-17 16:21  

#7  No not GB, GolfBravoUSMC. it is an interesting observation though,
Posted by: 746   2009-06-17 16:06  

#6  He is President, are you?
Posted by 746 2009-06-17 12:48|| Front Page|| ||Comments Top


No, GB is not the president, but I bloody hell wish he were!
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-06-17 15:02  

#5  What he has said - and failed to say (Iran for an example), and what he has done, well.. that's damning enough.
Posted by: OldSpook   2009-06-17 13:24  

#4  Well now.

Anyone running for President, let along getting elected President, has to have one hell of an ego and sense of self-worth. They also shouldn't bruise easily. Otherwise they simply don't survive the process from thought to initial organization to begging for money (daily!) to primaries to general election.

Bambi might be a narcissist, I don't know, I'm not a psychiatrist, and I don't like tossing psychiatric terms and diagnostic codes around without knowing.

Personally I'd prefer to focus on what the man says and does, and what he intends to do. That's enough right there for me.
Posted by: Steve White   2009-06-17 13:10  

#3  *NPD Narcissistic personality disorder as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, people (or institutions) who are also "special" or of high status.
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement
6. is interpersonally exploitative
7. lacks empathy
8. is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

He is President, are you?
Posted by: 746   2009-06-17 12:48  

#2  GB,

You nailed that. I was surprised by the photo though. I would have expected a middle finger.
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2009-06-17 10:52  

#1  How about taking aim at North Korea or Iran?
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-06-17 10:45  

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