Watch Barack Obama Talk Media, Marijuana, Trump With Bill Maher

"If I watched Fox News, I probably wouldn't vote for me either. Because you've got this screen, this funhouse mirror," president says

With two months left in Barack Obama's tenure as president, he finally – after years of interview requests from Real Time – sat down with Bill Maher for an extensive interview that touched on topics like marijuana legalization, "food purity," socialism, Donald Trump and more.

A large portion of the interview was also dedicated to the mainstream media, with Maher criticizing how the news has become a for-profit industry and blaming certain networks for shaping their viewers' stance on issues. Both Maher and Obama agreed that the common citizen should bear more of the onus of being politically involved.
"Even a pretty capable, well-meaning president is going to only be able to take the country so far without people, ordinary folks all across the country, being engaged, being involved, being active," Obama said.

"People are busy, people are stressed. They don't have the time to follow the intricacies of some debate around Medicare and what's going on in Syria. When I say I want a government as good as the American people, what I mean by that is that I think people's instincts – their gut, what they want out of life, how they want to see people treated – is pretty good. The question then becomes how do we get enough information in front of them to be able to make good decisions."
"If I could sit in the living room with every person in America, I've got the majority on my side, and a healthy majority on my side. The problem is, we've got all these filters," Obama added. "Look, if I watched Fox News, I probably wouldn't vote for me either. Because you've got this screen, this funhouse mirror, through which people are receiving their information. How to break through that is a real challenge."

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