Why Can't Fox News Dent Obama’s Approval Rating?

[Commentary] The new year got off to a dark, dismal start for Fox News staffers when on Jan 3, Gallup posted its latest polling results regarding President Obama’s job rating: He hit it the 50 percent approval mark, having climbed nine points from a low in late October. It was the first time President Barack Obama had reached the symbolic half-century mark since late May 2010, and I'm guessing folks at Fox News were not happy. And there was more bad news for Fox this week. Another poll, this one from Opinion Research, found that nearly two-thirds of Americans hope President Obama succeeds this year, while 73 percent “approve” of President Obama as a person.

So why the sad faces at Fox News? Because it’s the job of Rupert Murdoch’s cable channel to make sure President Obama fails. Fox News, along with the larger, unreliable GOP Noise Machine, remains dedicated to undermining and destroying Obama’s presidency. Not to hold President Obama accountable or challenge his polices, but to destroy his presidency. Fox News’ entire corporate mission is to be an anchor around Obama’s neck and to drive his approval numbers into the 30s. And right now, Fox News is losing.

Why the futility? It’s probably because outside the walls of the right-wing media echo chamber, news consumers are becoming numb to the relentless attacks and hysterical claims made about President Obama.