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Fox News Is Still Fox News, Calls President Barack Obama "Rapper-In-Chief"

Discussing Obama's appearance on the 'WTF with Marc Maron' podcast, a Fox News panelist said the most Fox thing ever.

In this life, we can rely on a handful of unshakeable truths. Chief among these constants is the reliable consistency of Fox News and its endless, exponentially laughable output of half-baked assessments of modern problems from a decidedly antiquated angle. True to form, Fox News wasted very little in bringing out the worst in themselves following President Barack Obama's interview on WTF with Marc Maron.

As reported earlier, Obama spends the one-hour interview speaking candidly on a wide variety of issues including the Charleston Church Massacre, gun control, and the long shadow of institutionalized racism. One quote from Obama's interview with Maron has been favored by headlines, eventually landing in the clumsy hands of Fox News "correspondents."

For context, here's the Obama quote:

For frustrating humor, here's an excerpt from the Fox News response via contributor Deneen Borelli (full clip above):

[collective sigh]

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