Fox Obsesses Over Obama "Doing Fine" Comment While Whitewashing Romney Attack On Public Workers

[NNN0LHI]

http://mediamatters.org/research/201206150004

June 15, 2012 12:43 pm ET — 35 Comments

Fox News discussed President Barack Obama's recent comment that the "private sector is doing fine" almost four times as often as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's suggestion that we don't need "more firemen, more policemen, more teachers." Similarly, the network ran video of Obama's comment nearly seven times more often than video of Romney's attack on public workers.

Obama Drew Contrast Between Private Sector And Public Sector Job Growth

Obama: Private Sector Job Growth Is "Doing Fine." During a June 8 press conference, Obama drew a contrast between job growth in the private sector -- which, as Obama said, has added about 4.3 million jobs in the past 27 months -- and the public sector, which has lost 550,000 jobs over the same period, saying, "The private sector is doing fine":

OBAMA: The truth of the matter is that, as I said, we've created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months, over 800,000 just this year alone. The private sector is doing fine. Where we're seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government -- oftentimes, cuts initiated by governors or mayors who are not getting the kind of help that they have in the past from the federal government and who don't have the same kind of flexibility as the federal government in dealing with fewer revenues coming in.

[uponit7771]

1. private sector is doing fine...don't understand why this is a gaffe. Consumers are NOT doing fine...

...guess it's people seeing private sector business and consumers as the same?