{"id":7324,"date":"2012-06-15T15:20:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T22:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7324"},"modified":"2012-06-15T15:20:31","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T22:20:31","slug":"fox-nation-vs-reality-the-celebrity-arbiters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7324","title":{"rendered":"Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Celebrity Arbiters"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is becoming almost too predictable that whenever you see a headline on Fox Nation you can assume that it isn’t the truth. Case in point: Today the Fox Nationalists posted an item about President Obama’s remarks at a fundraiser yesterday. The headline on Fox Nation is “Obama Tells Celebrities They’re the ‘Ultimate Arbiter’ of America’s Direction.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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The quote cited by Fox, as lifted from the Associated Press, read, “You’re the tie-breaker. You’re the ultimate arbiter of which direction this country goes.”<\/em> Guess what. That is not what Obama told the guests at the fundraiser (who were not necessarily celebrities). The full quote, which is available on the White House web site<\/a>, reads:<\/p>\n

“[U]ltimately you guys and the American people<\/strong>, you’re the tie-breaker. You’re the ultimate arbiter of which direction this country goes in.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So contrary to the false impression made by Fox (and the AP) that implied the President was elevating a room full of celebrities to some sort of Politburo, the truth is that Obama was speaking broadly and including all of the American people. It was an outright expression of populism and democracy that Fox is trying to turn into some kind of elitism. The same phony characterization also turned up on Fox News with Megyn Kelly drilling home the elitist message.<\/p>\n

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The funny thing is that, even if what Fox is saying were true, I would much rather have people like Sarah Jessica Parker and George Clooney influencing public policy than Romney’s cohorts like Donald Trump and Sheldon Adelson. At least I’d know that their motives were based on their principles and aspirations for a better world, rather than on self-interest and aspirations for more power and wealth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is becoming almost too predictable that whenever you see a headline on Fox Nation you can assume that it isn’t the truth. Case in point: Today the Fox Nationalists posted an item about President Obama’s remarks at a fundraiser yesterday. 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