Quick Fact: Fox Nation asks, “Did Obama Tell Chinese We're Chauvinists?”

Linking to a Rush Limbaugh radio transcript titled, “As American Men Chickify, Obama Tells Chinese We're Chauvinists,” the Fox Nation posted the headline “Did Obama Tell Chinese We're Chauvinists?”

From The Fox Nation accessed on November 18:

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Clicking the headline took readers to a page that provided a spliced quote from Obama's November 16 town hall meeting in Shanghai. From The Fox Nation:

Did Obama Tell Chinese We're Chauvinists?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: It's very important for the United States not to assume that what is good for us is automatically good for somebody else. We have to have some modesty about our attitudes towards other countries. We think it's important nevertheless to be true to our ideals and our values, and we -- when we do so, though, we will always do so with the humility and understanding that we are not perfect and that we still have much progress to make. Uh, if you talk to women in America, they will tell you that there are still men who have a lot of old-fashioned ideas about the role of women in society.

Fact: Obama said U.S. will “speak out” against oppression of women around the world while noting “we are not perfect”

The Fox Nation's spliced quote omitted Obama's statement that “it is the view of the United States that it is important for us to affirm the rights of women all around the world. And if we see certain societies in which women are oppressed, or they are not getting opportunities, or there is violence towards women, we will speak out.” Obama further stated, “Now, there may be some people who disagree with us, and we can have a dialogue about that. But we think it's important, nevertheless, to be true to our ideals and our values. And we -- and when we do so, though, we will always do so with the humility and understanding that we are not perfect and that we still have much progress to make. If you talk to women in America, they will tell you that there are still men who have a lot of old-fashioned ideas about the role of women in society.”