“Crybaby”

To bring you up to speed on the conflict between the White House and Fox News, A W R Hawkins has a great posting at Human Events.

…following what the New York Times referred to as a “Fox Summit” between Roger Ailes, chairman of Fox News, and David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama, Fox News was told they wouldn’t get to conduct any Obama interviews in the foreseeable future and all members of the administration, from the top down, were ordered to stay off Fox News…..

To put it bluntly: Obama doesn’t like the fact that Fox News personalities like Glenn Beck point out dichotomies between what the President says and what he does, between what he promises and what he delivers. Obama and his administration actually equate such critical journalism with warfare……
When it was learned that the reason for the administration’s animosity toward Fox News was based in part on the network’s coverage of Obamacare and Glenn Beck’s opposition to bringing the Olympics to the Chicago, Fox News’ Chris Wallace called Obama a “crybaby” and the battle began…..

On September 30, 2009, on the tax-payer funded WhiteHouse.gov, the administration devoted a full page to pointing out Fox News’ “continued…disregard for…facts in [the network’s] attempt to smear the Administration’s effort to the win the Olympics for the United States.” The post centered on quotes from Glenn Beck, which appeared under the heading “rhetoric,” and were countered by quotes from the administration, which appeared under the heading “reality.”

……The big problem for the administration is that some of what Beck said is irrefutable, such as his claim that Obama’s fellow Chicagoan and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett would “benefit financially” from the Olympics. While the administration dismissed this as rhetoric, Michelle Malkin contends that if the games had come to Chicago, Jarrett would have received an “untold windfall” because she owns a portion of the land on which the Olympics would have been held…..

Ever since September 20th, when he went out of his way to send Fox News a message by avoiding their Sunday show but appearing on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN and Univision, it’s clear that he’s petty and too weak to handle criticism……

There’s only one word for President Obama — “crybaby.”

You can read the entire post here.