Obama Hits Out At Media For Treating Hilary Clinton 'Unfairly' During The Election...
President Obama took some time out of his final press conference of the year to defend Hillary Clinton, chiding the press for what he said was unfair coverage. Obama hit out at the media after one reporter asked if Russia's reported hacking of the Democratic Party to help Trump was partially to blame for Clinton's loss.
'I think she's worked tirelessly on behalf of the American people and I don't think she was treated fairly during the election,' Obama said as he avoided critiquing Russia outright. 'I think the coverage of her - and the issues - was troubling,' he added.
Obama also criticized the media for its 'obsession' with the hacked emails from both the Democratic National Committee and senior aide John Podesta.
'I'm finding it a little curious that suddenly everyone's acting surprised that this looked like it was disadvantaging Hillary Clinton, because you guys wrote about it every single day,' Obama told the room full of reporters.
'Every single week. About every little juicy tidbit of political gossip, including John Podesta's risotto recipe.' 'This was an obsession that dominated the news coverage.'
Although the president refused to say if he agreed the hack's motivation was to help Trump, he said the intended result of the leak of emails was clear.
'What the Russian hack had done was create more problems for the Clinton campaign than it had for the Trump campaign,' he said.
'There's no doubt that it contributed to an atmosphere in which the only focus for weeks at a time, months at a time, were Hillary's emails, the Clinton foundation, political gossip surrounding the DNC.'
'I think she's worked tirelessly on behalf of the American people and I don't think she was treated fairly during the election,' Obama said as he avoided critiquing Russia outright. 'I think the coverage of her - and the issues - was troubling,' he added.
Obama also criticized the media for its 'obsession' with the hacked emails from both the Democratic National Committee and senior aide John Podesta.
'I'm finding it a little curious that suddenly everyone's acting surprised that this looked like it was disadvantaging Hillary Clinton, because you guys wrote about it every single day,' Obama told the room full of reporters.
'Every single week. About every little juicy tidbit of political gossip, including John Podesta's risotto recipe.' 'This was an obsession that dominated the news coverage.'
Although the president refused to say if he agreed the hack's motivation was to help Trump, he said the intended result of the leak of emails was clear.
'What the Russian hack had done was create more problems for the Clinton campaign than it had for the Trump campaign,' he said.
'There's no doubt that it contributed to an atmosphere in which the only focus for weeks at a time, months at a time, were Hillary's emails, the Clinton foundation, political gossip surrounding the DNC.'
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