The Obamaphone is back! President Obama attacks Fox News for the way it reports on poverty

Posted at 12:38 pm on May 12, 2015 by Twitchy Staff | View Comments

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Been listening to #povertysummit for five mins & already heard Obama divide us by race, class, harangue @FoxNews, and hate on GOP Congress.
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Liz Wheeler (@L_Wheels) May 12, 2015

President Obama is appearing live right now at the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Georgetown University, and he just had some choice words for Fox News and the way the network reports on poverty:

President Obama calls out @FoxNews for showcasing negative stereotypes of the poor, "people who just want a free Obamaphone" #PovertySummit

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 12, 2015

#povertysummit Feckless Obama calls out @FoxNews for what? Calling Obama out?

— greg williams (@gwilliams1967) May 12, 2015

Obama says that to change the politics around poverty, the media — specifically @FoxNews — must change how it reports on these issues.

— Colleen Nelson (@ColleenMNelson) May 12, 2015

Obama on poverty: Fox News only shows moochers wanting Obamaphones: "They'll find folks who make me mad. I don't know where they find them"

— Toluse Olorunnipa (@ToluseO) May 12, 2015

#Obama says that @FoxNews seems to have found the exception, not the rule, when it comes to poverty in the US | #PovertySummit

— Christopher Kerr (@Chris___Kerr) May 12, 2015

POTUS points out that some don't care about the poor because they turn on Fox News 24/7 and the poor are portrayed horribly. #PovertySummit

— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) May 12, 2015

.@BarackObama: Even I get mad at some folks on Fox News, cites the "Obama-phone" interview #povertysummit

— Michael O'Loughlin (@MikeOLoughlin) May 12, 2015

Here’s the video we think he’s talking about (Note: it wasn’t a Fox News interview, but a video that went viral after being featured on Drudge):

If you’re a Democrat, you can literally blame Fox News for anything and get away with it.

You can watch the event live here.

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