Fox News needs to give President Obama a Break

Ever since he took office on January 20, Barack Obama has been working as hard as he can to try and fix the mess that America is in. Seeing how he has never been President of the United States, before, he has made some mistakes. Every mistake that he has made has been analyzed and dissected by Fox News.

It is no secret that Fox News is a conservative-based news channel. Most of the political pundits on the channel are Republicans. Almost everything that does go right, they credit to the Republicans. Some even blame Fox News for George W. Bush serving two terms as President. It is clear that Fox News is not a safe place for a Democrat.

During Bush’s presidency, the network hardly ever publicized the many mistakes that he made. The way that Bush did things led to a lot of the mess that America is in now. The network badly wanted John McCain to win the 2008 election, despite the fact that he had no economic plan. Once Barack Obama was elected and began telling of his plans, some analysts on the network sounded as if they wanted him to fail.

With all of this negativity surrounding the president and all of his plans, there has been very little support for his ideas. Not only is Fox News the main one telling of how dumb his ideas are, when they are actually very smart, they also point out that he has done nothing to help the nation. He has done a lot and could do more without such outlets as Fox News always putting him down.

It is the job of the press to question elected officials, but they are riding President Obama a little too hard. The job of president is already hard enough. He carries the weight of the world on his shoulders on a daily basis; all he is trying to do is fix some of the many problems. Why can’t the network just question and analyze him? They are tearing him apart.

The White House has finally acknowledged that Fox News has a bias towards Barack Obama. He has finally taken the time to speak on it, himself. Maybe, now, the network will realize that what they are doing can actually affect the course of an entire nation. He needs this time to focus, so Fox News should back off.

When Barack Obama gave the network an interview back on November 17, the supposed war between the president and Fox News was declared over. Despite the interview, they are still giving him a bad time. Only time will tell if they actually give Obama a rest.