At the National Press Club Tuesday, Eric Holder responded to a question about why the Obama administration refuses to use the term “radical Islam” or “Islamic extremism” by taking a potshot at Fox News.

Holder said:

Whenever you’re getting criticized by both sides, it probably means you’re probably getting right. We spend more time, more time talking about what you call it, as opposed to what do you do about it, you know? I mean really.   If Fox didn’t talk about this, they would have nothing else to talk about, it seems to me.

Radical Islam, Islamic extremism; I’m not sure an awful lot is gained by saying that. It doesn’t have any impact on our military posture; it doesn’t have any impact on what we call it, on the policies that we put in place. What we have to do is defined not by the terms that we use, but by the facts on the ground. So I don’t worry an awful lot about what the appropriate terminology ought to be.”

Holder argued that the administration's actions speak louder than its words, and that "people need to actually think about that":

I think that people need to actually think about that, and think about will we be having this conversation about words as opposed to what our actions ought to be? This is a difficult problem. This is going to be an ongoing issue... The terminology, it seems to me little to no impact on what ultimately we have to do. 

H/T The Daily Caller.