Former President Obama said “right-wing media venues” have stoked racism for money. Fox News is leading that efffort.
Posted on AllSides June 9th, 2021
From The Left
OPINION
Former President Barack Obama appeared on a special interview broadcast Monday night with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. Among a wide array of topics, the two discussed America’s continued reckoning with the problems of racism. Obama also discussed how right-wing media outlets would prefer to fan the flames of those racial tensions, as a means to mobilize a political constituency — and to make money while doing so — rather than being part of making the world better.
And while Obama did not point to any specific media actors by name, it should...