Obama Tells Fox News: "It's Fair To Say I Don't Always Get My Most Favorable Coverage On Fox" (VIDEO)

During an interview with Fox News Tuesday, Obama was asked by Chris Wallace about comments he had made to the GOP caucus in which he said, 'When you attack me... I will watch you on Fox News and feel bad about myself.' Wallace asked if this revealed that the president is "a trifle thin-skinned."

Obama responded by telling the Fox News host:

I said it in good humor. I think everyone understood that was a joke.

I think it's fair to say that I don't always get my most favorable coverage on Fox, but that's part of how a democracy is supposed to work. We're not all supposed to be in lock step here.

And you've always been very gracious to me.

Watch the clip, via Media Matters.

Comments

[rhondadavis28]

02:29 PM on 02/13/2009

obama showing style

great president

[philosopherkingtomas]

12:04 PM on 02/05/2009

we need legislatio­n regarding FOX "new" way to biased, yellow journalism !
dangerous!

[scared4ALL]

11:03 AM on 02/05/2009

Help save & secure our nation by boycotting the Fox Network. Do this in the name of justice, since it's known fact they were the mouth piece for the outgoing administra­tion. Because of the likes of Bill O'Reilly & Sean Hannity, many of "US" believe we need a national boycott of the Fox network.

Since "We The People" probably won't be seeing charges filed against anyone in the Bush administra­tion, maybe the Fox Network should get their just reward? To be fair & balanced we need an eliminatio­n of the "spin" masters & perpetrato­rs who stood with the past administra­tion & the man who should go down in history for what he really was. Please pass this idea along by word of mouth at your favorite blogs & such if you think it a good idea.

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[azbird]

02:03 PM on 02/06/2009

Just shut up, you are ridiculous

[panurse]

10:49 PM on 02/04/2009

sounds like Chris was a little tongue-tie­d, eh??
Obama rules

[Metalikat]

10:38 PM on 02/04/2009

If Fox News is "Fair and Balanced" then why would being gracious to President Obama lower Chris Wallace's stock at Fox News? Hmmmmmmm, could it be because they are ridiculous­ly right leaning? I wonder if Wallace's father is disappoint­ed in him.

[nana4g]

09:27 PM on 02/04/2009

I think the story about the grandson not going to sleep unless he knows "Obama" is asleep is precious. Notice how children refer to him as "Obama" and not "the President"­. Children are uncanny judges of character. I don't know too many children enthralled with any other political leaders.

[Coolcat101]

09:13 PM on 02/04/2009

President Obama charms the socks off of virtually everyone that interviews him. It's funny.

[ChristiB]

07:42 PM on 02/04/2009

Wait, there are people who actually think he was serious? Really? Who doesn't know Fox news beats up on democrats?

[ily2009]

06:44 PM on 02/04/2009

i think fox news is hilarious cause its so ignorant!
when im sad i watch the old dumb thing they said like the terriorist fist jab it was so stupid it cracks me up everytime but anyway
he handles this situation with such humalitly i commend him on that he is following in the footsteps of martin luther king jr. by not fighting back and his way of fighting back is in a non-violen­t way if only the world could think the same way but we all have our difference­s and that what causes violence!

[oneblackvote]

06:32 PM on 02/04/2009

Mr. President you are a class act. Keep up the good work for the people.

[IllinoisTexan43]

05:17 PM on 02/04/2009

They only wish he was thin-skinn­ed. You don't come out of Chicago-st­yle politics with thin skin. If they manage to p*** him off, they'll know it.;-)

[KeepMeLearning]

07:12 PM on 02/04/2009

Like President Obama, I am a fellow Leo. You can provoke a lion for a while, but watch out...when the game is over, it's over. (And guess who wins?)

[BlueChi]

08:02 PM on 02/04/2009

WOW I was thinking the same thing. My mother was a Leo, she was the sweetest woman in the world until you did something to one of her kids; she would then make you think that you had just touched a live power line. The republican are playing with fire I am really hoping never to see the other side of him, but there was something in his face today that made me think that Obama the Protector is close to the surface.

[Lemmy]

04:40 PM on 02/04/2009

Obama needs to tune into MSNBC these days - he's getting smoked there.

[arcanepsyche]

09:06 PM on 02/04/2009

What?
MSNBC is not "smoking" Obama. They are actually reporting real news the way it happens. Obama and his administra­tion are not perfect and MSNBC isnt' going to be all teenage girl about it. They're going to report the facts. FOX on the other hand spins lies and does everything in their power to find the bad in Obama's actions.

[EuGeneTherapy]

10:00 PM on 02/04/2009

Except for Morning Joe. Today they acted as if it were common knowledge that the white house backed stimulus plan was embarrassi­ng, and the republican­s were doing him a favor be demanding changes.

Quite painful to watch.

If they have Noonan on more often, I'll no longer tune in!

[AnalyzeIT]

11:15 AM on 02/05/2009

MSNBC - tells it like is.

They will give President Obama credit when credit is due.......­nothing more nothing less.

Now that's called, " fair and balanced."

MSNBC -all the way.

[chayefsky]

04:19 PM on 02/04/2009

Obama cracks me up. He's the master of the understate­d.

[charlie1101]

03:06 PM on 02/04/2009

Language simply MUST evolve to reflect reality.

So we really do have to start calling it "The White-Choc­olate-Hous­e".

It retains the historical and takes notice of new realities.

[Buddy McCue]

03:57 PM on 02/04/2009

What realities are those?

[coco51]

06:57 PM on 02/04/2009

realities? = cool, smooth and principled are in DAH HOUSE!! I love my President, he's smart, he's human and he's gracious. Most especially­, MAN enough to apologise for his mistakes immediatel­y.

I don't think George Bush would ever have said this about Gonzalez et al, "Look, ultimately­, I campaigned on changing Washington and bottom-up politics, and I don't want to send a message to the American people that there are two sets of standards, one for powerful people and one for ordinary folks who are working every day and paying their taxes." He (Obama) added: "I screwed up." This he said of Daschle.

[k-fresh]

02:25 PM on 02/04/2009

Maybe because Fox dares to challenge him sometimes? Give me a break. Just because you don't get Chris Matthews coverage, you are going to cry about it? Waaaaaaaaa­aa! It's politics.

[listentome]

03:11 PM on 02/04/2009

Since I don't know you I won't assume you are as stupid as you sound. When I saw it the first time I knew President Obama was joking. If you had read the article above or watched the video you would have understood that it was a joke by the president and that as he said, "that's what democracy is."
By your standards President Obama should feel compliment­ed to be challanged by FOX because they absolutely babysat John McCain and Sarah Palin.

[Marastan]

05:56 PM on 02/04/2009

Relax..wou­ld ya