Obama’s refusal to give an interview to Fox news has foxed the channel completely. Fox News has publicly declared that it’s a war between Obama administration and the channel since it takes Republican stand on all the matters. The daggers are all out in open.

White House is adamant too since Fox News acts a propaganda tool of the Republicans and it feels channel need not be taken seriously. But non-partisan media can never ideally exist. All media toe some political line or the other. Fox News wears its loyalty on its sleeves and this move by White House and Obama will only give more publicity to the channel. Unfortunately that’s what the channel and Republicans seek – more publicity and more viewer ships.

It is a crucial time for America and Obama administration. The times are really bad – there is hot debate about health reforms, there seems to be no end in sight for the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, recession is weakening the economy and Obama himself has courted controversy over his Nobel Peace Prize. Most of his election promises remain unfulfilled too. It is definitely not going to help by antagonizing a section of media which already has trained guns on him.

Via Guardian