Fox News accuses Obama of NOT saying what he DID say about auto workers union

March 30th, 2009 at 07:11pm Pat Cunningham

 

 Fox News added more material today to its long record of distortions and falsehoods, but it’s doubtful that more than a few of its gullible viewers even noticed.

 To hear the airheads at Fox TELL IT, President Obama’s remarks today about troubles in the American auto industry included no mention of union concessions to help the beleaguered companies survive.

 One can only assume that these people didn’t even watch or read Obama’s speech. Nor did any of their off-camera staffers inform them of the following comments by the president:

 I am announcing that my administration will offer GM and Chrysler a limited period of time to work with creditors, unions, and other stakeholders to fundamentally restructure in a way that would justify an investment of additional tax dollars; a period during which they must produce plans that would give the American people confidence in their long-term prospects for success.

 What we are asking is difficult. It will require hard choices by companies. It will require unions and workers who have already made painful concessions to make even more…

 Let there be no doubt, it will take an unprecedented effort on all our parts - from the halls of Congress to the boardroom, from the union hall to the factory floor - to see the auto industry through these difficult times.

 But the right-wing spinmeisters at Fox News put a totally DIFFERENT SLANT on what Obama said.

 FOOTNOTE: Some of the comments I received in response to a post earlier today on the auto industry (HERE) suggest that the Fox News folks aren’t the only people who reacted to Obama’s speech without having paid it close attention.

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