Obama: Faux News, Real News After All.

By Richard Okelberry (Note: This Post was originally published at KVNU’s, For the People Blog.)

As almost a slap in the face to liberals who have long contested the validity of Fox News, or as liberals like to say “Faux News,” as a legitimate news organization, President Obama has agreed to an interview that will air tonight with Chris Wallace on Fox News.

Is this a sign of capitulation on the part of the White House? Does it indicate that there is a serious divide among presidential advisors on how to deal with Fox News and the dissemination of their message?

Let’s be honest here, regardless of how “fair and balanced” you believe Fox News is, they reach more viewers than all the other cable news channels combined. Additionally, a full third of their audience is liberal. As such, I believe that the President is finally choosing the right path and taking his critics head on rather than trying to silence them with delegitimizing rhetoric or worse avoid them all together.

Now, if Obama would just pick up the phone that Glenn Beck installed directly to the White House on occasion, we might be getting somewhere. Also, maybe this interview will finally make it OK for the rest of the media to ask questions that are outside of Obama’s comfort zone.