Media Research Center President and NewsBusters Publisher Brent Bozell appeared this morning on the only major network President Obama neglected in Sunday's morning show press blitz, the Fox News Channel. During his appearance, Bozell argued that President Obama is "lying with disturbing regularity," that the media are not calling him on it, and that Obama's press strategy is not working in building support for his policies, despite a media biased in his favor.
Asked by "Fox & Friends" co-host Steve Doocy if the president's Sunday morning show blitz was fruitful, Bozell answered in the negative, arguing that Obama is turning off the audience he's trying to win over:
What's settling in is Obama fatigue. The man is giving the same speech over and over and over and over again, and now he has to go on five networks to find an audience, cumulative audience, because the audience just isn't there. And the audience that is listening is being turned off.
As to why Obama refused to go on Fox, Bozell argued that it was because unlike the other networks with those networks' generally softball questions, "he's going to get a serious question or two" on Fox.
Bozell also noted a major contrast with "The Great Communicator," President Ronald Reagan:
BOZELL: Here's something interesting that we found. Kudos to my colleague Dan Gainor who found this one. Here is the ultimate difference between Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan never used the first person singular, he always talked about the first person plural. We, we, we, we. Barack Obama, how many times in 41 major speeches do you think he has used the word "I" or "me."
DOOCY: Forty-one?
BOZELL: One thousand one hundred ninety-eight times.
DOOCY: Wow.
BOZELL: And America is getting tired of this man taking credit for everything. This is the reality.
What's more, while Obama takes credit for nearly everything, the media are not pressing Obama on the ongoing ACORN scandal, despite Obama having proudly spoken of his affiliation with the organization during the campaign:
In his interview on Sunday with George Stephanopoulos, when Stephanopoulos asked him about ACORN, he said, quote, "Frankly, it's not something that I've followed closely." And then went on to say he didn't know much about the funding ACORN gets from the federal government. Now this is the same Obama speaking to them [ACORN] during his campaign. "I've been fighting alongside ACORN on the issues my entire career." .... This man came out of ACORN. He knows everything about ACORN, and for him to go on national television and say, well, I don't know anything about ACORN, that simply is not true.... [T]his president is lying with disturbing regularity.
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This president is lying with disturbing regularity
September 24, 2009 - 10:09 ET by rowdygirlI saw Brent on Fox this morning and completely agree with what he had to say.
Personally, I'm sick of all the "campaign mode" promises he's still making. Everytime he makes a speech, it's all about the spin. He's lying outright about some things, and who wants to listen to all that? For him to say that he wasn't following the whole ACORN thing is preposterous. If that's true, (and we all know that it isn't) what exactly is he doing as POTUS ?
I didn't trust or believe him while the campaign was on-going, but after the election I was willing to give him a chance. He's proving that my initial gut reactions were completely correct.
The title of this article
September 24, 2009 - 10:27 ET by Barry BondsThe title of this article should read: "MRC's Bozell on 'Fox & Friends' Discusses Obama's Media Blitz, ACORN Scandal and Sour Grapes."
Fox is a joke. Obama and his administration, before and after the election, have gone on numerous interviews with numerous personalities on Fox and it has done nothing to hurt him or help him. So why should he continue to cater to the bastion of Right Wing stupidity?
You've got one guy with the "Stop Obamacare Express," another guy calling him a racist, and everyone else taking cheap shots at him on a daily basis.
Fox is petty and pathetic just like Newsbumblers and Media Rightwing Center.
Barry
September 24, 2009 - 10:27 ET by FeynmanFanAh, nothing like biting the hand that gives you a platform for your peculiar brand of politics...
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
I guess I should lie then?
September 24, 2009 - 10:35 ET by Barry BondsI guess I should lie then? That would be better for everyone right?
I guess I should lie
September 24, 2009 - 10:37 ET by NewsbusterbrownI guess I should lie then?
Almost everything you type is a lie, so what would be new then?
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
Your truth is to insult people
September 24, 2009 - 10:39 ET by KC MulvilleTossing insults is not "telling the truth."
Seriously, is insulting people all that much fun? This has to be getting old for you, isn't it?
Sorry but realizing someone
September 24, 2009 - 10:51 ET by Barry BondsSorry but realizing someone or something is petty is my own realization of the truth. Is it an insult? Depends on where you stand.
I have read headline after headline on this site and I have yet to see ONE legitimate case of liberal media bias.
Stop crying for these guys because in case you haven't realized they make a living insulting the Left - but that is o.k. with you Right?
right into the forum.
September 24, 2009 - 10:59 ET by JWFhttp://newsbusters.org/forums/internal-affairs/can-we-ban-barry-bonds-troll-lickety-split-please-32934#comment-1040087
→ Barry
September 24, 2009 - 11:01 ET by Cool ArrowI did not call you a "deadbeat dad"
I never divulged anything you told me via PM.
It's your business if you are a deadbeat dad, but I didn't call you a deadbeat dad.
→ See
September 24, 2009 - 11:02 ET by Cool ArrowNothing biased or sinister about my post, is there?
Every word is true, isn't it?
And you can't spot bias?
You really are as ignorant as you present yourself.
None so blind.
September 24, 2009 - 11:29 ET by CobraMan"I have read headline after headline on this site and I have yet to see ONE legitimate case of liberal media bias."
There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. I guess it depends on what your definition of "legitimate" is, right?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
I'm open to the truth. I
September 24, 2009 - 14:06 ET by Barry BondsI'm open to the truth.
I don't have a horse in this race because I rely on myself not some party.
But, if the party is inline with my agenda then I'll give them a listen. If they arent inline with my agenda - guess what - I give them a listen too, which is why I come to sites like these to see how the other half lives.
And thus far, I am not impressed.
→ Barry
September 24, 2009 - 14:17 ET by Cool ArrowYou are not nearly as open to the truth as you are open to the prospect of redistriubution of other people's wealth. That's your agenda.
You decry racism but you embrace genocide. That's your agenda.
I must admit. I'm impressed. "Impressed" is a term that holds neither good nor bad connotation.
Those wealthy people you connive to steal from are impressed. Sorry, I can't speak for the babies.
Look, I hate taxes. I
September 24, 2009 - 14:26 ET by Barry BondsLook, I hate taxes. I really don't think the government should depend on the people to pay their bills. Which is why the government runs so inefficiently in so many different places. The government is on Welfare so they don't have to look in their couches for loose change and they don't have to really budget.
Personally, I know the Federal Reserve is our biggest problem in this country and the Right has done NOTHING to stop them. Neither has the Left - so "redistribution of wealth" is not a problem which we will be conquering anytime soon. So just get over it. You act as if our personal income tax system started January 20th, 2009.
If you think our tax system is "stealing" then you have no understanding of our governments RIGHT to make laws and your duty to obey them. It is your representatives that have allowed all these laws to pass and go unchallenged. So don't blame me for your problems... blame the guys how out of the last 27 years had the most power in Washington - the Republicans.
→ Now we're talking Barry
September 24, 2009 - 14:38 ET by Cool ArrowCut back on all this sh#t, from Acorn to Ethanol.
Let's introduce competition into Healthcare and Public schools.
Let's demand families, however disjointed, care for their children.
Let's take our lives back from the government.
You're doing what your
September 24, 2009 - 10:40 ET by Scuba DudeYou're doing what your Messiah the Shahinshah LOTUS is doing Barry. You love him so much and want him to nurse and coddle you from birth to grave. So you forgive all the lies he is telling and the policies he is passing that is driving this country towards ruin.
The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER
Nope, Barry
September 24, 2009 - 10:47 ET by FeynmanFanI'm not asking you to lie. Try telling your version of "the truth" without being verbally abusive.
Otherwise, you come across as a total a$$hole.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
Continue on
September 24, 2009 - 11:13 ET by CobraMan"I guess I should lie then?"
No. I think you should continue making inane, nonsensical, and insulting posts which are intended to demean and disparage others in order to convince yourself of your own superiority. I wouldn't want you to feel inferior.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
If we are talking about
September 24, 2009 - 14:08 ET by Barry BondsIf we are talking about issues who are these people that are so hurt by my opinion?
I don't agree with the Right on the ISSUES.... so who am I demeaning?
Methinks the Right doth protest too, too much.
I don't remember the Left being like this under the Bush years but then I could be wrong.
How's that "enhancement" workin out for ya?
September 24, 2009 - 13:48 ET by UndercoverConservativegotta love someone who celebrates a player who became famous by cheating and chemical abuse.
Must be the 'roids or whatever loophole enhancement talking.
Could always go with "Pete Rose" as your next handle.
WWW.GS2AC.COM. 2nd Amendment Grass Roots Action in the Bay Area, CA. We're not all "Breakfast Cereal" folks here! :)
Stop saying titles of
September 24, 2009 - 10:27 ET by dvdaughtryStop saying titles of posts should read (insert new title). It's not clever or humorous.
In fact it's stale.
Fox is petty and pathetic just like Newsbumblers and Media Rightwing Center.
Don't let the door hitcha, where the Good Lord splitcha!
You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?
Pay Bonds no mind, folks,
September 24, 2009 - 10:29 ET by Ken ShepherdPay Bonds no mind, folks, it's the 'roids talkin'. ;)
With that terrible
September 24, 2009 - 10:34 ET by dvdaughtryWith that terrible attitude, I also was thinking: "Could it be? Is that REALLY Barry Bonds?"
You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?
Correct, some of the
September 24, 2009 - 10:37 ET by Scuba DudeCorrect, some of the effects of steroid abuse are aggression, mood swings and other psychiatric side effects. And he can also look forward to (if he isn't already) infertility, reduced sperm count (thank goodness he won't reproduce), testicular shrinking, baldness and breast development.
Have fun there Bertha, I mean Barry.
The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER
I'm getting tired of his schtick
September 24, 2009 - 12:13 ET by jdlybrandIt's like he comes to play in the sandbox, poops, and then leaves without at least the decency to cover his mess.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
→ Barry
September 24, 2009 - 10:35 ET by Cool ArrowSo why should he continue to cater to the bastion of Right Wing stupidity?
Excellent point! You've just admitted he is not a uniter, but a divider.
Whether you know it or not, you just pointed out that the President is a liar.
We already knew this, but glad you came to the same realization.
A very popular joke,
September 24, 2009 - 10:55 ET by CobraMan"Fox is a joke"
To play your own game, your comment should read "Fox is a very popular joke, one that millions of people enjoy every hour of every day."
The real joke here is that Obama is ignoring the largest possible audience of opponents he can address and, instead, addresses only his supporters. He's trying to "convince" people he's already convinced! Why is he doing that? If he REALLY want's to convince the opponents to his policy that he has the best plans, he would need to address them in their venue, not his supporter's venue. He needs to address them directly.
Think of it as a sports venue. In sports, you compete against the opposing team directly, you don't compete against them via proxy by dividing your own team up and playing against yourself. But this is exactly what Obama is doing, dividing his own team into two opposing sides and playing against himself. Does that make any sense to you?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
Excellent point
September 24, 2009 - 13:32 ET by bre1227and analogy
McDonalds serves crappy
September 24, 2009 - 14:16 ET by Barry BondsMcDonalds serves crappy food. BUT they are the most popular restaurant in the world!
And let's be honest, the core base of the Republican party is not going to agree with Obama on anything. He has tried over and over again to appease you guys and all you do is spit in his face.
Rush Limbaugh and Co., have been berating Obama before inauguration, ON inauguration day and EVERYDAY since. There is no reason within your community because it doesn't sell - it isn't popular. So your people serve you hate and in return you give them your support. As long as you keep supporting them they will keep giving you hate.
I always wondered why Fox has to keep reminding you how successful they are. You don't find that with truly successful people. Unless of course you're speaking of Donald Trump - but people who are really at the top of their game NEVER have to tell you how good they are. Imagine Tom Brady telling everyone how super he is; Tiger Woods or even Bill Gates. Can you imagine Bill Gates telling everyone how rich he is?
→ Both ways, Barry
September 24, 2009 - 14:31 ET by Cool ArrowGreat post. So why doesn't Obama shut up about how great he is?
Why won't Obama shut up about "I inherited this"?
Why must Obama invent indices like "Jobs saved or created" to gloss over his failure.
I've never heard Obama say
September 24, 2009 - 14:38 ET by Barry BondsI've never heard Obama say how great he is: that is the Right who calls him The One because he has the audacity to be a black guy who thinks he can solve the problems of America.
Obama keeps reminding you who is responsible for this mess because the Right has abdicated Bush of all responsibility because it is a poor reflection on them.
Without indices how do you measure progress? Yeah, in your mind Obama is a huge failure. Exactly the attitude we need for the two sides to come together for the betterment of the country.
what flavour is
September 24, 2009 - 11:00 ET by American.Patriotyour kool-aid? I'd like to have some so I can try and see your perspective.
Oh, never mind, I don't think I can get my head that far up my a$$
Once again we've let a
September 24, 2009 - 11:22 ET by Chris NormanOnce again we've let a troll seize control of the thread. This clown makes the most provocative comments he can come up with and then sits back and waits for the replies of protests to post. This jerk doesn't want a debate, he just wants attention - and gets it. Ignore him and he'll move on.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Don't feed the trolls?
September 24, 2009 - 11:26 ET by CobraManTrolls need love and attention too, you know. We wouldn't want Barry to feel unwelcome, would we?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
I'd mine the path to the
September 24, 2009 - 12:09 ET by Chris NormanI'd mine the path to the door to make this jerk feel unwelcome. I see what he's doing. At least he's not diingenuous as the rest of the interlopers - his jackassery is out front for all to see.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Trolls
September 24, 2009 - 13:33 ET by slickwillie2001Agreed; responding to a troll is like pigging out at MacDonald's; after it's over you think "why on Earth did I just do that" and you swear you will never do it again. It's about giving in to temptation.
If you assume the opposite of everything Obama...
September 24, 2009 - 10:38 ET by jawebster1says, you will be closer to the truth. He says he knows little about ACORN and earlier he said he wasn't aware of the "Tea Parties". That must of been the reason he was out of town on 9/11 when the "Tea Partiers" met in D.C. This man Obama is not only the anti-Reagan, he is also the anti-JFK. Instead of a "shining city on a hill" he sees a "garbage dump". Instead of "ask what you can do for your Country", you should ask, "what your Country can do for you", unless you are considered rich, of course. Jim Webster
I believe you mean 9/12 Jim
September 24, 2009 - 11:50 ET by ReaverI believe you mean 9/12 Jim but your point is valid. This is one of Obama’s favorite rhetorical tricks when he gets a question he doesn’t want to answer. He just says “I don’t know much about the tea party protests” or “I don’t know much about government support of acorn”. Its an obvious lie and of course he is never called on it to his face. Rush made a good point the other day, when Clinton lied the media would actually praise him and say that he lied so well. They don’t say that about Obama.
I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me. - Hunter S. Thompson
Barry Bonds...
September 24, 2009 - 10:39 ET by FuzzlenutterMan, talk about sour grapes!
Whine, whine, whine...piss, piss, piss...moan, moan, moan...
Me thinks he doth protest too much
September 24, 2009 - 11:51 ET by cajun2Come on guys, BB is getting louder and more insulting as his savior lies and lies. He's struggling with feelings of disappointment and betrayal so, fearful, he attacks. I think we should offer him our sympathy since we are familiar with lies, disappointment and betrayal from our leaders. This is new to him. Fox and NB may not be best sites, I dont know, but I know this. They are more informative than the Fringe. Thanks NB.
Obama the Happy Bunny
September 24, 2009 - 11:54 ET by katainkentit's all about him.
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The Emperor, he has no clothes
The Anti-Reagan
September 24, 2009 - 11:56 ET by FenwickI was glad to hear his definitive contrast between Obama and Ronald Reagan, because it has always made me want to puke whenever someone (usually from the left) compared them. I have the audio CDs of Reagan's presidential speeches and have listened to every one of them. Reagan's speaking style was relaxed, warm and almost converstational; Obama's is always in full speech mode, as if every word that falls from his lips is a gift to us mere mortals. I am truly weary of his voice, his faux-Kennedy cadence, and his spouting of soaring vacuities, interspersed with out and out lies.
Clinton and 1st person singular
September 24, 2009 - 12:49 ET by Gary HallI have a feeling that we'll all remember that Bill Clinton was stuck in a similar ego driven, it's all about me fog - still is, by the way.
I went back and looked at one piece written by Bill Clinton, in 2006. Out of 1317 words he used the word, "I" twenty-six times. That's 2% of the words in his own self serving view.
(;~/ gary
It's amazing how often
September 24, 2009 - 12:53 ET by NL207It's amazing how often Clinton uses the word 'is' when one considers he said that he does not know what it means.
Anti-Reagan...
September 24, 2009 - 14:38 ET by ProudAmerican58People laugh whenever I say it but I honestly believe this country's got its' first Anti-American president. Everytime I see or him speak, I just want to cry.
I ask the following question ONE MORE TIME
September 24, 2009 - 15:29 ET by DelsaWhere are the numbers for market share on the Sunday shows SOBama visited?
I want to know how many people actually watched his blitz.
And I want to know how Fox News Sunday faired as well.
Where are the numbers??????
Those won't get too much
September 24, 2009 - 15:31 ET by Free StinkerThose won't get too much prominance, however I am sure we will be reminded that Fox Business Channel is still getting low ratings.
You can depend on the MSM for that.
"President Obama is learning on the job and it shows." --Boris Epshteyn
→ Low ratings
September 24, 2009 - 15:34 ET by Cool ArrowFBN has low ratings because I can't afford to upgrade to Premium Cable for just one channel.
I already have extended Cable for FOX news.
Amongst other problems such
September 24, 2009 - 15:38 ET by Free StinkerAmongst other problems such as that, a major New York area cable provider - Cablevision - refuses to carry Fox Biz.
Meanwhile, DirecTV has it (Channel 359) so I'm good to go when Stossell gets his new show.