Obama to sit down for Fox interview

By GottaLaff

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Remember when Anita Dunn said that ClusterFox was “opinion journalism masquerading as news”? Yeah, me too. She’s gone now.

However, as he promised, Prez O is stepping into the ClusterFox Den of Faux News:

President Barack Obama will sit down with Fox News’ Major Garrett for an exclusive interview next week, ending months of bickering between the White House and the network that kept the president mostly off its airwaves.

The news that Obama would join Garrett during the president’s upcoming trip to Asia arrives hours after then-Communications Director Anita Dunn — who first voiced criticism of the Fox franchise — announced she would soon depart her position.

He’ll do great, no doubt about that. But the Foxers will manage to isolate quotes and edit the interview down to whatever negative piece of propaganda that suits them. No doubt about that either.

UPDATE (h/t: smassing):

A White House official tells POLITICO that the report is “not accurate.” “We’ve not committed to doing any presidential interviews during the trip to Asia with any outlets at this point,” the official said.

But they will eventually, because they said so. So there.

  • evie

    It has nothing to do with Dunn leaving. Nothing. They worship her at the WH. Craig being out and Bauer in, otoh, has everything to do with Dunn leaving.

    I wonder if Fox pissed off the WH even more by advancing a story they were getting an interview before the WH was prepared to make an announcement.

  • flo

    why? what's the upside?

  • Skepticat

    I'm a petty bitch, and I hope he doesn't do this. It might offer them a scridlet of credibility, which they don't have or deserve now and which I'm not willing to cede to them.

  • GottaLaff

    Already updated.

  • Clancy

    BTW, even if they're backing down now, it was "rumored" several days ago that Garrett would get a sit down with Obama (so, before Dunn announced she was leaving).

  • GottaLaff

    Anon, it's GottaLaff ; )

    Send me a link, I'll post the correction.

  • Anonymous

    Hey Gotalaugh
    that's not true. So far that I know of the White house say Nope.