The Clintons were “why Fox News was created,” Chelsea Clinton said, while criticizing its “destructive impact,” particularly on climate change.
Talking to his mother Hillary Clinton In an interview with Variety, the couple discussed working together on their documentary series Gutsy and whether a woman will ever be president of the United States.
They were interviewed as part of the magazine’s 2022 Power of Women series.
“We were the reason Fox News was created,” Chelsea said.
“Because Rupert Murdoch recognized a huge market opportunity.”
Addressing his coverage of climate change, he continued: “Climate change has illuminated where Fox News was willing to go and its destructive impact.
“It’s not just about Fox News; they are also conservative and right-wing societies that emerged in the 1990s and early 2000s “.
He added: “I’m 42 and when I was in high school, two thirds of Americans knew that human activity is partly responsible for climate change.
“The right wing has proven itself: ‘We can hit people with relentless misinformation and infiltrate their homes every night so they don’t believe the scientists. What else could be possible?’ Today, with COVID, it’s the same playbook “.
His mother was asked if he thought he would win the 2016 election if Facebook was never invented.
“I can’t do it hypothetically,” he said.
“We know that they have unfortunately been instrumental in allowing Cambridge Analytica and Trump’s campaign to engage in a massive disinformation and disinformation campaign.
“I think it would have been more difficult, but I can’t speculate what would have been different.”
She was also asked if she would agree with comments made by high-profile Democratic MP Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who told GQ magazine that part of her believes there could never be a female president.
She replied: “No, I disagree. I agree that it is very difficult.”
“I agree that the double standard is alive and well. Therefore, any woman in politics or from any walks of life faces challenges that men with equivalent experience do not face.
He said he “came so close”, getting more votes, but “unprecedented things have happened to me.”
“I think it’s possible. I think it’s difficult. There’s a line from one of my favorite films, A League of Their Own:” If it weren’t difficult, anyone could do it.
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