NEW YORK (AP) – Bill Maher got an early holiday gift this week: a much-sought-after sit-down with President Barack Obama.
There were no bombshells or funny business during the conversation taped Tuesday at the White House and aired on HBO’s “Real Time” Friday night.
Obama spoke with pride of his achievements during his two terms as chief executive, saying “every single issue we’ve made progress on” will be on the ballot next Tuesday in the form of the opposing candidates. He implored voters to choose Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over Republican challenger Donald Trump, and not stay “sitting on the sidelines.”
He voiced concern for what he called the “Balkanization” of the news media.
“If you don’t have some common baseline of facts … it’s very hard to figure out how we move democracy forward,” he said, adding, “If I watched Fox News, I wouldn’t vote for me either.”