Fox’s Geraldo Rivera Comes To The Defense Of Obama’s BuzzFeed Video

Fox News senior correspondent Geraldo Rivera offers a defense of President Barack Obama's communications strategy on "Fox & Friends" Feb. 13, 2015.
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Fox News senior correspondent Geraldo Rivera went off script Friday morning with a surprise defense of President Barack Obama’s wacky BuzzFeed video.

The video, which urged young people to sign up for health insurance before a Feb. 15 enrollment deadline, featured Obama cavorting with a selfie stick and making funny faces in a mirror. The President was criticized by conservatives who accused him of fliming the video on the same day he announced the death of an American hostage in Islamic State custody.

Fox & Friends co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck slammed the clip as “insensitive.”

“The timing is horrible,” Rivera conceded. But, he added, the clip was effective, garnering 6 million views and “appealing to a young crowd that doesn’t consume traditional media.”

“If he can really reach out and make more effective some of these government programs, whatever you think of them, then I don’t have a serious objection,” Rivera added. “I’m a Republican, but a fair man. And if he can reach the young audience with this stuff to do the right thing, then I’m OK with it.”

h/t Mediaite

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  1. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    …It was his turn to play nice.

    Into each life a little strain must fall.

  2. It’s unbelievable how many on the right are taking umbrage at this. Do they not realize that they are drawing MORE attention to it with their petty tantrums? I bet Obama is laughing at them right now.

    Oh and I’m not impressed by Geraldo’s “defense”. He was an ass yesterday, he’s one today and will be tomorrow. I’ll never get over him suggesting Black men deserve to be killed for wearing a hoodie.
    Nice to hear him admit to being a Republican and to subtly acknowledge that there is some partisanship at play with his “…but I’m a fair man…” comment.

  3. “I have no more campaigns to run,” Obama says at one point, which prompted laughs and applause from the Republican lawmakers in the audience. Breaking into a sly smile, Obama then added, “I know because I won both of them.”

    So now I just troll Republicans!!!

  4. Senior mustache correspondent. I think, while Geraldo was in the womb, his mother was frightened by [now deceased] British comedian Terry Thomas.

  5. Avatar for estamm estamm says:

    I’m glad that someone on Fox News admitted that they are a Republican. Proves that he is not ‘fair and balanced’.

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