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(Daily Beast)- In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, the Fox News chief says Obama thinks differently from most Americans, defends Murdochs GOP donations, and admits Beck sometimes goes too far.
In the media world, as in politics, having a high-profile target can be a very good thing.
The age of Obama has provided a ratings boost for Fox News as its loudest personalities have relished the opportunity to play offense. Critics, of course, view Fox as an unabashed cheerleader for the Republican Party, an evil media empire spewing propaganda and misinformation at a gullible audience.
But Roger Ailes says his network is just reflecting reality when it comes to the White House.
The president has not been very successful, the Fox News chairman says in a lengthy interview. He just got kicked from Mumbai to South Korea, and he came home and attacked Republicans for it. He had to be told by the French and the Germans that his socialism was too far left for them to deal with.
The 70-year-old Ailes, dressed in a lavender shirt and tie, goes on in this vein, saying the network isnt singling out Obama for criticism but that its style tends to be more direct in challenging presidents. Then he offers this observation about Obama:
He just has a different belief system than most Americans.
That seems a rather loaded phrasedifferent belief systemeven if you strongly disagree with most of Obamas policies. It fits the view of those who are trying to paint the president as being outside the mainstream. But from the big second-floor office at Foxs Midtown Manhattan headquarters, its the rest of the media that are using a distorted lens.
Hes had 3,000 press secretaries since he got into office, Ailes says of Obama, but these days, hes making it harder for the press to make him look good When the press falls in love, they fall in love hard. Theyre like teenagers in love. Its like the old Frankie Lymon song, Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
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In the media world, as in politics, having a high-profile target can be a very good thing.
The age of Obama has provided a ratings boost for Fox News as its loudest personalities have relished the opportunity to play offense. Critics, of course, view Fox as an unabashed cheerleader for the Republican Party, an evil media empire spewing propaganda and misinformation at a gullible audience.
But Roger Ailes says his network is just reflecting reality when it comes to the White House.
The president has not been very successful, the Fox News chairman says in a lengthy interview. He just got kicked from Mumbai to South Korea, and he came home and attacked Republicans for it. He had to be told by the French and the Germans that his socialism was too far left for them to deal with.
The 70-year-old Ailes, dressed in a lavender shirt and tie, goes on in this vein, saying the network isnt singling out Obama for criticism but that its style tends to be more direct in challenging presidents. Then he offers this observation about Obama:
He just has a different belief system than most Americans.
That seems a rather loaded phrasedifferent belief systemeven if you strongly disagree with most of Obamas policies. It fits the view of those who are trying to paint the president as being outside the mainstream. But from the big second-floor office at Foxs Midtown Manhattan headquarters, its the rest of the media that are using a distorted lens.
Hes had 3,000 press secretaries since he got into office, Ailes says of Obama, but these days, hes making it harder for the press to make him look good When the press falls in love, they fall in love hard. Theyre like teenagers in love. Its like the old Frankie Lymon song, Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
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