Fox’s Howard Kurtz Defends Obama from Cornel West’s ‘Vicious Attack’

[babylonsister]

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Fox’s Howard Kurtz Defends Obama from Cornel West’s ‘Vicious Attack’
by Matt Wilstein | 3:24 pm, August 26th, 2014
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MediaBuzz host Howard Kurtz is not the biggest fan of President Barack Obama. But in a new video and essay for FoxNews.com, Kurtz defends the president from what he describes as a “vicious attack” from Dr. Cornel West.

In a sprawling interview with Salon, West called Obama a “brown-faced Clinton,” adding “It’s like you’re looking for John Coltrane and you get Kenny G in brown skin.” He criticized Obama’s handling of everything from foreign policy to Ferguson, at one point comparing him to a “pimp.”

In his response, Kurtz begins by openly debating on whether he should even “reward” West’s “outrageous, outlandish” comments with his attention. But he decided to tackle the issue because he thinks it says something about the “angry left” and their dissatisfaction with President Obama.

“You’re accusing the president of the United States of being a pimp?” Kurtz asks West. “What does that even mean?” He then read off some other “incendiary” and “racially-charged” quotes from the Salon interview.

“I think there’s an interesting liberal critique here, going at the president from the left,” Kurtz says. But he wasn’t sure Cornel West’s “stink bombs” were the most effective way to get those points across.

[Peacetrain]

1. Cornel West has been tied up in knots since 2007 when it comes to the President

I have come to a place where I actually feel sorry for him.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. Why do the nutters always get the most TV exposure?

(Rhetorical question, I know exactly why.)

But Cornel West is not representative of the 'angry left'. He's simply one of the most outrageous examples available.

[Rex]

3. It is sad that Cornel West has fallen so low as to call the POTUS a pimp.

Not a very intellectual thing to say imo.

[conservaphobe]

4. You know someone has gone too far in their criticism

when Howard Kurtz steps in to defend President Obama.

Wow.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. It's sad, but this is the only way Cornel can get the media to stick a mic in his face. Pitiful.