sakinago
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He (Obama) did just say Fox News viewers are living on a different planet. And he did criticize Fox News while he was president, and said you shouldn’t listen to them. Remember, the term fake news was created by the mainstream media as the reason why trump won, trump just took the term over. At the same time the media was ranting about fake news, they were the ones calling for liscences for journalist. Way bigger threat to democracy, “we don’t like this administration, so let’s give it the power to determine whose a journalist and whose not.” And no, I only remember 1 time, on obamas terms, that was the Super Bowl interview with orielly. Let’s also not forget that Obama used the espionage act against members of the press more than any other president before him. Remember Cheryl Atkinson? Her waking up in the middle of the night and videotaping her laptop screen, and the mouse cursor moving on it’s own opening files. Until trump wants to inact liscenure for the press, or starts using the espionage act like Obama did, criticizing them is not a threat to democracy. It’s a free press, they can not like the president, and the president can not like them back. The press isn’t for the people, they’re for making money. One would hope that they’re for making money by reporting on the news in a non-biased, intelligent manner, in a setting that actually explores ideas...but it’s so much easier to play to bases, go for click bait, and get them riled up.Sure they fundamentally disagreed, but Obama didn’t try to undermine their freedom of expression by calling them “fake news” or “enemies of the people”. He even appeared on Fox multiple times for interviews on their terms. Trump is too much of a pussy to go to any news source that isn’t Fox. He’s a pathetic, whiny little bitch who doesn’t care if what he says contradicts the 1st amendment. All that matters to him is his tender sensibility.