Jerry Springer Feels Bad About Upsetting Fox News

Talk show legend Jerry Springer found himself in a battle worthy of his own show this week when he got into a heated argument with "Fox and Friends" co-host Gretchen Carlson. The two clashed over an article in Newsweek titled "Why Are Obama's Critics So Dumb?" Springer told Carlson that Fox News criticized Obama every day, something Carlson didn't like too much. But now, Jerry is saying he didn't mean to cause too much trouble -- he was just telling the truth.

"I feel bad about it," Jerry tells me. "Yes, the cover was biased towards Obama, but when you open the magazine and read the article it points out that both liberals and conservatives are upset."

Jerry, who admits he is a President Obama supporter, wasn't having any of Carlson's statement that she is an independent on the morning show panel, and that the show presents both sides of the story.

"I said, you are upset about the Newsweek story and we are on Fox News and you are biased," he says. "I don't mean it as a negative. MSNBC is liberal. Every single morning on that show they bash Obama but why do we deny it?"

Jerry said after the interview the producers were very upset with him, even screamed at him. But after 20 years of hosting "The Jerry Springer Show" he can handle it.

Comments

[NancyY]

07:50 PM on 02/02/2012

So what if people complain about Obama every day? People complained about G.W. Bush, too. This is America, and people can voice their opinions about elected officials - just don't threaten them on Facebook, one fool got caught doing that a week or two ago.

[pleasantlyny]

11:55 AM on 01/24/2012

FOX the station that called a fist bump a TERRORIST FIST JAB when the president did it.... but they are not racist.

[lisaman]

11:54 AM on 01/24/2012

Do not worry Jerry to all good Americans, you just became a lot more honorable.

[pleasantlyny]

11:54 AM on 01/24/2012

Gretchen Carlson criticized Serena Williams' outburst on the tennis court during Monday's "Fox and Friends," and wondered if her comments had a "racial undertone."

"This is what's wrong with our society today," she said. "That's the entitlement generation right there." Kilmeade disagreed, saying that tennis stars like John McEnroe or Jimmy Connors were always ranting on the court. Carlson said that such behavior was "sick," and that Williams was acting like her children.

"If you're not a responsible parent, to constantly say 'no, you need to take your own personal responsibility,' you end up saying things like that," she said. "...And a 'hater,' I mean was that a racial undertone? I don't quite get that."

[dennis1943]

09:09 AM on 01/24/2012

My disdain for the man has been reduced a notch.........

[pleasantlyny]

11:52 AM on 01/24/2012

telling the truth bothers you?>

[dennis1943]

12:10 PM on 01/24/2012

In this case,the bliss of ignorance may have been preferable..........

[dennis1943]

12:35 PM on 01/24/2012

Actually,i was refering to his TV show and not his comments............

[PerryWhite]

06:02 AM on 01/24/2012

Mic check: Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!

[Abelardo Perez]

02:54 AM on 01/24/2012

grow a pair jerry!
the criticism of fox was truthful!

[aceshigh11]

02:59 PM on 01/23/2012

Liberals ALWAYS apologize.

That's why we always lose. I'm tired of the constant concessions. The GOP never backs down on anything.

[lisaman]

11:55 AM on 01/24/2012

I almost wonder if he told that so he could reiterate his claim, which he did and so he could tell the world that the producers were angry at him.

[Lahonda]

12:29 PM on 01/23/2012

The Fox Party is upset about someone speaking the truth again? Isn't that an everyday occurrence?

[MtnGeek]

03:29 PM on 01/23/2012

Speaking the truth on Faux News ... no that's a newsworthy event. Although, complaining about the truth, that is part of the daily programming.

[Janet Inkley]

03:39 AM on 01/23/2012

FYI, defenders of Gretchen Carlson's education, Springer went to Tulane and obtained his Master's at Northwestern. Just an FYI.

[lisaman]

11:57 AM on 01/24/2012

The difference is, Jerry doesn't spend everyday working with two of the dumbest men on TV making him act dumb so as to not show them up.

[Janet Inkley]

03:23 PM on 01/24/2012

He doesn't work with dumb people? ahahahaha. ahahahahaha. If she wants to sell her soul to sit with these idiot and spew venom - that's her own cross to bear.

[MichaelMcKLA]

02:26 AM on 01/23/2012

Let's see, the difference between Fox News and the Jerry Springer Show would appear to be:

1. Burly guards on Springer.
2. Flying chairs on Springer.

Aside from those two things, I believe they're identical, right down to those really bright people in the audience. :)

And no, I am not a Springer fan. I think I've seen the show twice. LOL

[JE124]

12:03 AM on 01/23/2012

Keep telling the truth Jerry call it what it is

[123dee]

11:02 PM on 01/22/2012

Jerry shouldn't feel bad, the fixed news crew, they are
low life liars. Much worst than anyone he has ever had
on his show.

[ninjakiller666]

07:50 PM on 01/22/2012

jerry...jerry...jerry

[Sandy248]

02:29 PM on 01/23/2012

How sad is it when Jerry Springer is the voice of reason?

[repugnicansfearme]

06:30 PM on 01/22/2012

And I feel bad that people know who you are, and that people watch that so-called news network.