Obama Critiques Media: Clinton And Trump Aren't Even Comparable

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published SEPTEMBER 13, 2016, 3:31 PM EDT

During a rally in Philadelphia for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, President Obama said it's impossible to compare Clinton to Donald Trump in a speech that was critical of media coverage of the presidential election. "I’m not running this time, but I sure do get frustrated with the way this campaign is covered," he said. "You don't grade the presidency on a curve. This is serious business."

He then argued that Clinton and Trump are on completely different levels when it comes to transparency, their charitable organizations, and their preparedness to serve as president.

"You want to debate transparency? You’ve one candidate in this debate who's released decades worth of her tax returns. The other candidate is the first in decades who refuses to release any at all," he said.

"You want to debate foundations and charities? One candidate's family foundation has saved countless lives around the world. The other candidate's foundation took money other people gave to his charity and then bought a six-foot-tall painting of himself," Obama continued.

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[annabanana]

1. Now I just wish that there'd be the appropriate coverage..

Tuck Chodd is on now saying how badly "she needs his help now"

[EricMaundry]

2. The President has spoken

Now let's watch all the little cable news weasels scatter.

[ffr]

3. That needed to be said. Hillary may become a great president,

but its the cartoon caricature of her that the media uses as a false equivalency to keep their ad generating horse race alive. Media FAIL!

If it weren't for voters depending on their news organization to perform fact-checking journalism, this wouldn't even be close and we'd be looking at an electorate modeled after California's supermajority.

Thank you MrWendel - http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017400625

[BumRushDaShow]

4. He ticked off a list of Drumpf FAILs

The only way to get it out there - and it happened during the original live broadcast. I expect that much of his speech will be reduced to soundbites that skip over the Drumpf call-outs but at least he got it out there initially!