‘The easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody,” president says

[kpete]

Obama: 24-hour news cycle fueling anger

By David Edwards and Daniel Tencer

Published: September 20, 2009
Updated -3517 second ago

‘The easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody,” president says

The 24-hour news networks and news blogs focus so much on the most extreme elements of political debate that they are effectively fueling anger, President Barack Obama said Sunday.

In one of his many interviews Sunday morning, Obama told CBS News’ Bob Schieffer that “part of what’s different today is that the twenty-four-hour news cycle and cable television and blogs and all this, they focus on the most extreme elements on both sides.

“They can’t get enough of conflict, it’s catnip to the media right now,” Obama continued. “And so the easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody. In that environment I think it makes it more difficult for us to solve the problems that the American people sent us here to solve.”

more:
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/09/20/obama-news-cycle-fueling-anger/

[Towlie]

1. Ha ha! I got the first response in this thread. The rest of you are losers!

Am I famous now?

[KittyWampus]

2. I really did LOL at you.

!

[lpbk2713]

3. This explains Limbaugh's popularity in a nut shell.

Along with all the other RW Media Hatemongers.

[intheflow]

5. And Joe Wilson. n/t

[KittyWampus]

4. MAJOR difference between corporate media focusing on extremes of both parties-

when it's liberals voicing anger, it's cast as bad and fringe members of society.

when it's far-right wingnuts voicing anger, it's cast as totally understandable and main-street America.

Why are the far-right fringe bigots given so much legitimacy and air time to voice their bile?

Why wasn't the left given as much credence and sympathetic air time?

[katandmoon]

12. +1

[appamado amata padam]

6. Still delighted

to have a President who can make intelligent, intelligible, and relevant analyses of media/socio/cultural phenomena...

[Bluerthanblue]

9. me too- and welcome to DU

:hi:

[appamado amata padam]

11. Thank You!

[Bluerthanblue]

7. it's the ugly truth. Kudo's to president O for telling it like it is-

It's past time someone called us out on this-

:hi:

[kentuck]

8. Considering the tea-baggers get days and days of attention...

They must be extremely rude?

[loudsue]

10. I just don't want to hear it. Reinstate the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE,

and get the fucking monopolies OUT of the news, and we'll see if you really give a damn.

America is waiting for some sanity in LEGISLATION, not rhetoric.

[xiamiam]

13. brilliant...its true..he said it..now its up to us to call it each time the media jumps on rudeness

as newsworthy...when its called for what it is it becomes a non issue...gotta love him...he is just so smart...sometimes his moderation drives me crazy..but i cant deny he is a masterful leader..