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Obama Would Sign with the Spurs If He Were a Free Agent

March 01, 2018 19:47·
Obama Would Sign with the Spurs If He Were a Free Agent

Obama Would Sign with the Spurs If He Were a Free Agent

Obama spoke on a number of topics at the conference, at one point riffing on how news coverage diverges sharply among competing media outlets - often to the point that the lines between fact and opinion are blurred, and the types of coverage seemingly governed by ideology rather than the public good.

And he said it's not just about Russian bots and fake news.

Obama: I think it's fair to say that there are organizations in the National Basketball Association or the NFL, and may not win every year, but have created the kind of culture that I was referring to earlier. "This is Fox News vs. The New York Times editorial page".

So when given the chance, one interviewer asked the former President a very interesting National Basketball Association related question. The growing scandal has rocked the already fragile world of college athletics and brought even more attention to the broken system that is the NCAA, where star athletes can make millions for their schools and yet can't be taken out to lunch without, literally, a federal case being made out of it. In light of that growing divide, which makes "it is very hard to figure out how democracy works over the long term in those circumstances".

When it comes to government intervention of social media companies, he noted that other countries like China have government-controlled media.

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So, while they are not out, always here (points to ribbon) will be shared with me. I said this is always with me and it always will be until the last.

"Generally speaking, you didn't hear about a lot of drama inside our White House", he added.

Obama: I think Adam [Silver] is doing a great job.

"I think it's fair to say that there are organizations in the National Basketball Association or the NFL that may not win every year, but have created the kind of culture that I was referring to earlier".

In its first year, Trump's administration had the highest turnover rate of any presidency over the last 35 years. "I felt like I was Neo in 'The Matrix.' Our folks were putting in 80-hour work weeks and barely getting vacations and under unimaginable pressure".

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