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
https://twitter.com/gwilliams1967/status/598160635759726592
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
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https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/598160392943075329
.@BarackObama: Even I get mad at some folks on Fox News, cites the "Obama-phone" interview #povertysummit
— Michael J. 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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