Fox Baiting

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.
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Fox Baiting

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.
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