White House lashes out at Glenn Beck, Fox News ‘lies’

Obama has learned alot from his buddy Chavez

I believe the president should respond to his critics or the important issues they bring up. He works for us and must explain himself when we ask questions.

I believe the president should respond to his critics or the important issues they bring up. He works for us and must explain himself when we ask questions.

@ ibrake4rappers13...
You said it so well with only a few words!
Excellent!
I will now gladly quote what you wrote and I know it is true anyway, "FOX News is the most watched news network in America. FOX NEWS is the third most watched tv station on cable."

There, now all the screamers can see where so many millions of us are at.
Perhaps all the supporters of the purposeful dismantling of America, will pause and wonder if FOX NEWS appeals only to the ignorant or perhaps some people with open minds will wonder if maybe we know what they know plus a bit more.

Yo, Birdmanbob4...I just watched that video! It is so true and also, hysterical!
That is the best video ever!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWu-efNN8PM
You are amazing. The person in the video openly and honestly expresses what so many of us keep bottled up inside! I am glad that someone has found a way to express himself and to get out deep feelings. I hope I too can be able to release mine.
Thank you for inspiring me.
Thank you for giving me a chance to live vicariously through this guy's actions and words.
AMAZING!!!
Thank you so much my friend!!
On and on!

Glen must be failing as Sen. Lindsy Ghram(R) came out against him today.

Birdmanbob4 my man!!!
What a pleasure to hear from the man of Truth!
I am not able to be as on top of things as you! But with your encouragement I will try!
Thank you for all the stuff we would never find on other "news" sources; Current has actually not held back in many ways. Sometimes they are really good about freedom of speech!
Even though Current seems to have a liberal bent, I must admit that most of the time they print it like it is, and that makes them more brave than other sources like MSNBC and ABC and NBC and CBS and The Slimes.
Please be patient with them. When the news of his false authorship hits the main media, I'll bet Current will reconsider what you brought out to all of our attention.
Birdmanbob4 you are the best, you pull no punches. You are especially tough when you come to the rescue of someone who is being bullied! That is the sign of a real hero. Current can never take that away from you.
You are not one of those fake heroes or one of those wannabes.
You da man!!!!
Like you always say, "The truth will set you free!!!"
Thanks for all your hard work! Thanks for opening our eyes to the truth!!!

Mr. Obama didn't go to lobby for the US. He went to get money for the Chicago Mob so he could pay them back for donating so much to his campaign and get money the real estate pals who lost money unless the Olympic Stadium opens right next to their buildings.
Also, each day, there is something new that we learn from the news about him or his policies. One day, one of us here on Current will have enough time to gather all the failed actions of this administration and enumerate them so we can read a real list.

What's wrong with Chicago? Wouldn't that create jobs? Isn't that what everybody wants in a recession? What the fuck is Beck smoking and can I hit it?

I understand the response that it appears that the white house "finally grew some balls", but I don't agree. Rather, I think the White House has again lost track of some of the children in the administration. As I understand it, Glen Beck has revealed a number troubling things about the administration. By choosing to make hay of the fact that the Vancouver Olympics (that haven't happened yet) lost $1B (which is an obvious mistake), hasn't the administration admitted that everything previously pointed out by Glen Beck is accurate?

Again, I understand the statement about balls as that is a reasonable first impression, but peal the banana and I think the White House response is nothing more than another poorly thougth knee-jerk reaction. It is truly another sad day for the presidency.

I get the liberal left message now that I have read so many comments here on Current.
The message is, if something good is happening it's because Mr. Obama did it. If something bad happens it's because Mr. Obama didn't have enough time to fix it because the Bush administration left such a mess.
In other words the liberal left has set it up so that Mr. Obama can never be wrong.

What a load of bullshit. It's not the job of Barack Obama or the White House to try to convince us that Fox News is lying to us. Is everyone too dense to see that the same corruption we all complained about during the Bush administration is happening to the same extent if not more right now with our current administration. The liberal agenda and the GOP agenda are ultimately the same. Why not get angry at David Letterman? His inability to ask Barack Obama serious questions about what he's doing with our country and softball jokester question's are just as radical as the bullshit Glenn Beck talks about on Fox News.

I have an idea. Why don't we all go out and learn something about what's happening in our country and the world instead of relying on the ultra-biased bullshit that the majority of the people in our country are spoonfed by these media outlets. It used to seem like the current community was progressive and somewhat unbiased, but it's becoming more and more clear that I might hear more intelligent and legitimate debate about current issues on TMZ.

As for the olympics coming to Chicago, it seems like none of you actually understand what goes on in the windy city. If someone expressed what I'm about to say, I apologize in advance for repeating it. I couldn't bear to read any more of the endless meaningless comments above. Chicago's politicians are extremely corrupt and the machine that has been running the city continually f***s us Chicagoans in the arse on a Daley basis. Every politician connected to the Daley political juggernaut is shady and any profits earned during the hypothetical Chicago 2016 Olympics will go right into their endlessly deep pockets like the rest of our money. Think about these things I have written.

We should have asked what kind of change we were voting for during the election instead of clusterf***ing one another in a mega-biased political deception orgy.

Hey, where's the outrage over the gargantuan carbon footprint for 0's trip to Europe with his friends on vactio to lobby for the, olympics?
C'mon!
Where's the outrage.
Not eve feigned outrage.
Hahahah, phonies, one and all you global warming/climate change chumps.

Mr. Obama needs time to sort things out. In about three more years he will tell us again that he needs time to sort things out. He will tell us he finally began to fix the country. He then will only need four more years to finish the country (woops, I mean finish the job).

Jesus whadda bunch of f-----g cry babies.
Barak the boy president needs to man up and get a pair.
Hey 0, it's not that we don't like, we're just not that in to you anymore.
So Glenn Beck has the honesty to call a spade a spade and 0 is upset he have to actually do his job.

So just who are the dopes who thought this moron was a good choice?

This is hope and change?

Americans need to realize that they are, for the first time since about 2001, being seen as respectable world leaders by the most of the world instead of a pathetic, corporate run laughing stock with big guns. Obama is responsible for this. Ironically, there is intense and I have to say bitter and illogical criticism of Obama in his own country.

The world desperately needs the leadership of the US at this critical moment in history.

Nice to have you back on the same side as the good guys. That was a tough 8 years. But please, stop the irational sniping at Obama.

Glenn Beck is PATHETIC!

Beck FALSELY CLAIMED the Olympics cost the city of Vancouver $1 billion!

The Vancouver Winter Games haven’t taken place yet.

More proof that Glenn Beck is a moron.

It's about time some one with some power attempted to shut Fox's ridiculous notions down... But honestly, the only way to shut Fox up is to negate it all together. It's too bad there are so many ignorant followers of the media babblers (like Glenn Beck). Fox will continue to say whatever get's its ratings to soar. Fox doesn't care about politics, they are just a bunch of money whores.

I can't even count how many times I've seen a Fox "news anchor" shut down a perfectly reasonable response to one of their Hard Ball esk' questions/ debates by simply lying.

Mr. obama is doing now the exact thing he did when he was trying to get elected. People were yelling, "What is Obama for or against?"
Now too, He doesn't even know his own healthcare plan.

Beyond the Olympics giving the US some national unity and much needed extra jobs in Chicago, the real shame are media pundits use of fear mongering and hate to perpetuate lies and scandals in the Obama administration. These pundits' pockets are infinitely lined with cash from mega-corporate institutions that want to control our media into making the public believe that a more socialized government is harmful to the American people and they are willing to use any means necessary to fulfill that goal hence the ever popular, albeit crazy, Glenn Beck show. By no means do I find Obama's administration perfect, but I do applaud the White House for not backing down like previous Democratic politicians have to the pressures of an overzealous right wing media and really standing up for truth.

This Glenn Beck dude...sometimes when he opens his mouth...it makes me want to shit...The Olympics in Chicago would create an immense boost for the economy and it would also create many jobs for builders and construction workers, etc. I really don't see why its bad for the President to want that for the city he used to represent. Besides, he has been busy with many things and he still finds time for this, that's not bad at all...I think.

Fox are liars. So are the White House people and Obama. It's just a show.

Its shit like this that continues to support me and my boycott of Faux News.

Glenn Beck is a loud mouthed ill informed idiot. The fact that he is popular scares the crap out of me.

Be loud, obnoxious and you will be heard. Notice I left out the truth. For people like Beck it just doesn't matter

who really watches Fox?

It's apparent where the President's priorities are. His short sightedness doesn't see that if he doesn't take care of nuclear armed terrorists, there will be no 2016 Olympics in Chicago.

Let's air a video of the republican officials that have opposed the 2016 Olympics in Chicago, in 2016. We can remind everyone that the republicans didn't want the U.S. to host them. As if bidding for the Olympics, in 2016 in Chicago, can be bid for at another time.

Glenn Beck really bothers Mr. Obama. We can all see that Beck and FOX are causing damage in the administration's ability to own and control the people and the economy.
I think Glenn Beck is great.
Of course, all his 8 million fans and me included, are well aware that he purposely exaggerates to make a point sometimes, but most of the time, no exaggeration is needed.
Mr. Obama has taken this country away from us. He dislikes most of us. He apologizes for us all over the world. He is ashamed of us. He goes on daily explaining how bad we are. Meanwhile, he is showing off for Europe and Africa and South America and Asia.
Mr. Obama makes an ongoing mistake daily.
While he shows off to the world , he gains their respect and admiration. BUT!!! He also has lost OUR respect for him here at home.
Mr. Obama himself is the very reason that Glenn Beck is so popular.
GLENN BECK, You da man!!!
Mr. Obama's hate of us and his shame about us, has created many new Glenn Becks all over the media.
Mr. Obama, we are not Europeans.
You are impressing them, but at the cost of losing us to your sacrifices to fame.
We don't live in Europe.
We live here Mr. Obama, and your policies affect US.
Keep going Glenn Beck!!

this is a great start. i am defiantly looking forward to seeing more of this!!

J Jammer wrote not everyone votes.
Well maybe we should pass legislation requiring everyone to vote, you can even vote for none of the above. And we should pass the legislation with the provision if you fail to show at the polls for two consecutive elections we revoke your right to welfare payments or yor social security payments then we would see the far right anf the far left move closer to the center and we would have a government representitive of all the people.
tommic

Finally!

I know one thing, George W. led us into a war of choice against Iraq using fixed facts and forged documents. We are still in the mess he started. We have spent billions of dollars fighting ‘his’ war of choice and we will spend billions more.

Your assumption that everyone wants to be on one side, or the other is wrong, at least on my part. I truly wanted an ‘American Party’. One, which included a Democrat and a Republican, leading us out of the darkness. I wanted Al Gore and Chuck Hagel to work together to get America back on course. I hate divided America. I hate arguing with other Americans along party lines.
Divided we fall! Humpty Dumpty may never be put back together? But divided America is just wrong and we must work to find common ground and stop spinning division. ‘Spinning’ is the problem!

Both sides, Repubs and Dems, need to get over themselves. If you buy into the notion that one side is better than the other or that one is the lesser of two evils, then you and your willful ignorance are playing right into their hands and you are now part of the problem.

If you are a Dem, the Repubs are no longer in charge, yet there is no change. You blame the wrong side.

If you are a Repub, the Dems won the election, quit whining about birth certificates. Look inward and blame your own party for its own inadequacies.

I would -like- to think Obama would've stood up for any city's bid for the Olympics....but, jeez, that's the guy's home, he can surely be its #1 cheerleader. I am still torn as to whether addressing Beck and Fox was the ultimately right thing to do but sticking up for yourself, regardless of the situation, sets a strong example unto itself.

Ignorance is bliss.

As long as spinning distortion is allowed, nothing can change. As long as people are allowed to lie on either side, no one can believe either side. I want media who seeks out TRUTH, not ratings, or political favor, TRUTH!

One thing I do know is, McCain/Palin would have been a disaster for ordinary Americans. Sarah Palin has already written a book titled 'Going Rogue'. 'Going Rogue' is not the leadership we need today. So I think her book speaks for it's self. McCain/Palin would have been a disaster. We have already had a President who was a self professed 'decider'.

the Olympics would do wonders for Chicago, let alone the U.S. Glenn Beck is an ignorant fool.

The Dems don't need to stand up to Fox News just as the Repubs don't need to stand up to the NYT, the Washington Post, the La Times, the Chicago Tribune, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, etc. etc.

For those of you who "voted for change" what will it take for you to see that you got taken? How long will you allow Fox News to distract you from looking at the President's policies? Choose whatever issue is most important to you, name it, and then figure what change Obama has brought. You will be sorely disappointed.

To date the Democrats have failed to stand up against Fox News. If President Obama 'must' do it himself, so be it. But someone has to 'stand up' for those of us who voted for change.

One of the main changes I wanted was, to stop the spin machine of the right. I am sick of spin. One can not compete with spin, unless they call out the spinners. Call them out by name. Spinners should feel shame, not support. Spinning distortion is making people dizzy. There are not enough voices countering the spin with facts. Facts matter.

One would think other media outlets would counter the spin with facts. Unfortunately, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow are the only ones willing to take on spin. Then along comes the right to spin, 'Keith and Rachel' are just spinning also. Facts be damned.

Obama is the first President to go lobby on behalf of an American city to get the Olympics. If it were for a city other than Chicago, would he have as much interest. Will Valerie Jarrett personally profit from Chicago getting the Olympics in any way?

Yea Nathanial Redmond checks his fact on FOX or the same conservative BS outlets that Beck gets his from. FOX LIES

Wow, Obama has almost become taboo. You bring the man's name up and people will go off on him or his administration. Though, depending on where you live or what site your on.

Fox or as a hero of mine Obermann says 'fixed news' is a joke. Just like MSNBC, they are very on their own side and pitch to what their views want to hear. BUT, MSNBC whom Im a large fan of, does do fact checking, i think. And they have writers. And wit!

Perry_James in the person out of all of these comments that has something intelligent to say and actually understands what's going on here..... Did anyone actually see the Glen Beck show today?? I did. He's not lying about anything, you can double check his facts (which I like to do), and actually see that he's not crazy at all..... Ohh yeah, and he's not a Republican..... He's a conservative, which lot's of people have a hard time understanding that word nowadays without the stigma attached to it.

sue fox news over false advertising, make them change their name to fox entertainment channel and be done with it.

Glenn Beck's reputation precedes him. You should watch his show. It's not about what Obama has done or not done, it's about a rabid TV personality who is getting a paycheck for whipping up the dumbs. I could debunk 90% of his nonsense with a pocket calculator, and I pay attention to politics maybe for an hour each week.

On one hand, yay for a Democrat President who takes these liars on, and on the other hand... please don't give them more things to scream about.

OH NOSE White house is Crying a river.

Woopty do.

Why not call them out on their B.S., its pretty easy to do and probably took someone about 10 minutes to come up with the real facts. Fox News doesn't know the meaning of true journalism.