Fox Baiting
October 14, 2009 - by
Even liberal pundits criticize the Obama White House for dissing Fox News. They say the President and his team should deal with anybody – even the devil.
I disagree.
In politics, it helps to have the right enemy. Fox is the perfect enemy for Obama.
By spotlighting Fox as the opposition, he pushes all his Republican critics into the Fox nest – and, by extension, the Rush Limbaugh nest.
But, Fox complains, we have 1.2 million loyal viewers.
Right, and there were just over 130 million votes cast last year.
That means just under 1 percent of the voters regularly watch Fox.
And none of them will ever vote for Obama.
Fox Baiting
October 14, 2009/
Even liberal pundits criticize the Obama White House for dissing Fox News. They say the President and his team should deal with anybody – even the devil.
I disagree.
In politics, it helps to have the right enemy. Fox is the perfect enemy for Obama.
By spotlighting Fox as the opposition, he pushes all his Republican critics into the Fox nest – and, by extension, the Rush Limbaugh nest.
But, Fox complains, we have 1.2 million loyal viewers.
Right, and there were just over 130 million votes cast last year.
That means just under 1 percent of the voters regularly watch Fox.
And none of them will ever vote for Obama.