Former President Barack Obama continues to go after Fox News. The ex-commander-in-chief spoke to The 19th, where he stated the proliferation of social media had raised the current political divide in America.
“I think a lot of that has to do with changes in how people get information,” Obama said. “I’ve spoken about this before, but if you watch Fox News, you perceive a different reality than if you read The New York Times. And those differences have been amplified by social media, which allows people to live in bubbles with other people who think like them.”
Obama stated it became clear to him that today, the United States is “more divided than when I first ran for president in 2008.”
“America has been fractured by a combination of political, cultural, ideological and geographical divisions that seem to be deeper than just differences in policy,” Obama said.
Despite the divide that he sees in the country, the former president adds that his ex-vice president is the right person to close that divide.
“But if anyone can help bridge our divides, it’s Joe Biden,” Obama said. “He’s spent his life bringing people together. And as president, he’s been focused on beating back the pandemic and rebuilding our economy — ideas that Americans from both parties can support.”
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