The Biden White House has recently fired a few rhetorical shots at Fox News, dipping a toe into the waters of the network's recent controversy. (via MaddowBlog)
To hear the critics tell it, the problem wasn’t that Obama and his team had made untrue claims, but rather, there was something inherently unseemly about the White House daring to rebuke a conservative media outlet.
It wasn’t long before those concerns appeared rather quaint: Donald Trump condemned effectively all independent media as “fake news” and the “enemy of the people.” The Republican, while in office, alsosuggested that some media outlets might’ve committed “treason” with reports he disapproved of. With this in mind, perhaps President Joe Biden and his team can dip their toes into the same waters in which Obama swam 14 years ago? In an interview that aired earlier this week, for example, the incumbent Democratic president sat down with ABC News’ David Muir, who asked about public attitudes. Biden responded by referencing some concerns regarding“We’re finding out now that one of the outlets has decided that they even put things on [the air] they know to be false in order to increase their ratings. So, I think things are a little out of whack.” Biden didn’t mention Fox News by name, but there was no great mystery as to the story the president was referencing: A recent court filing from Dominion Voting Systems presented evidence that the media outlet apparently, the White House took a related step yesterday, in response to a Fox News attack piece against Biden. White House spokesperson Andrew Bates emailed the network a statement for the article suggesting Fox’s audience “carefully consider whether they trust your article.” In the statement, Andrew Bates cited reporting on how Lachlan Murdoch encouraged Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott to paper over negative coverage of former President Donald Trump. This was, of course, in reference to this week’s revelations, which included News Corp. Executive Chairman Rupert Murdochunder oath that some prominent Fox News hosts “endorsed” baseless claims the network knew to be wrong. To be sure, the Biden White House’s rhetorical shots at its cable critics are mild, but given the circumstances, and the seriousness of Fox News’ burgeoning controversy, it seems likely there will be less Beltway pushback than there was in 2009.
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