Obama: NY Times readers, Fox News viewers live in ‘an entirely different reality’ (VIDEO)

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Former President Obama said late Tuesday that the current media environment no longer allows Americans “to agree on a common set of facts,” adding that Fox News viewers and New York Times readers live in “an entirely different reality” from each other.

“In 1981, your news cycle was still governed by the stories that were going to be filed by the AP, Washington Post, maybe New York Times, and the three broadcast stations,” Obama said at an event marking the 25th anniversary of Rice University’s Baker Institute in Houston. “Whether people got their news from Walter Cronkite or David Brinkley, they tended to agree on a common set of facts. That set a baseline around which both parties had to adapt and respond to.”

“By the time I take office,” Obama continued, “what you increasingly have is a media environment in which, if you are a Fox News viewer, you have an entirely different reality than if you are a New York Times reader.” – READ MORE

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