Obama in the No Spin Zone

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ID20050795
AuthorsI Hutchby (0000-0002-8469-1667, corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages41-62
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueMedia Talk and Political Elections in Europe and America (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137273321_3
OpenAlexW2505095123
ISBN9781137273321
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited15

In the run-up to the 2008 US presidential election, the three senators who were competing to replace the outgoing president, George W. Bush, in the White House (John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton) each gave extended interviews to cable channel Fox News’ nightly show The O’Reilly Factor. Billed as the ‘No Spin Zone’, this news programme and its eponymous host, Bill O’Reilly, pride themselves on cutting through the ‘spin’ of political communications machines, the ‘bloviation’ of politicians, and the ‘bias’ of major newspapers and broadcast network news channels to reveal for viewers the ‘truth’ or the ‘bottom line’ with regard to current affairs. Because of his willingness to engage in tendentious, argumentative and sometimes confrontational discourse in his interviews, O’Reilly is a controversial figure in contemporary US broadcast news. But despite his belligerent reputation, he has secured many high-profile interviews for his show, including at least two major ‘sit-downs’ with President Barack Obama. The first of these, conducted during the campaign leading to Obama’s success in the 2008 election, provides the data for this chapter

Art · Art history · Belligerent · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Reputation · Sociology · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Media and Politics

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