Paul Fanlund: Barack Obama, Fox News and the state of the news media – Madison.com

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On CBS News, Obama was asked what it says about America that 72 million people voted for Trump. Well, what it says is that we are still deeply divided, he replied. The power of that alternative worldview thats presented in the media that those voters consume, it carries a lot of weight.

Obama described how different things were as recently as 2008, when he ran for president.

I went into a small town, theres a small-town newspaper, and the owner or editor is a conservative guy with a crew cut, maybe, and a bow tie, and hes been a Republican for years, he told The Atlantic. He doesnt have a lot of patience for tax-and-spend liberals, but hell take a meeting with me, and hell write an editorial that says: Hes a liberal Chicago lawyer, but he seems like a decent enough guy, had some good ideas.

Many of those newspapers are now gone, Obama said, and a right-wing network like Fox is on in the barbershop or the VFW hall, which makes it difficult to break through.

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November 21st, 2020
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