A possible reason why Trump is trying to silence opposition media

[LordBrownTrout]

Why does anyone want to listen to propaganda? Does it make you feel good about yourself nat?

the so-called "propaganda", LordBrownNose, boils down to the NYT and CNN stating that there ARE investigations going on about trump's collusion with Russian intelligence.....If you interpret THAT as propaganda then your subscription to Pravda may be in jeopardy..

Sorry nathead but cnn and MSNBC make Pravda look like a shining beacon of truth.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

They are not news organizations at that point, they are political machines.

Good for you for echoing EXACTLY what Mussolini told in one of his speeches when silencing the opposition media......

And Mussolini was wrong how ?

I mean he could probably add 2 and 2 to get 4.

Just because someone is a fascist jerk who murdered people didn't mean he was wrong all the time.

Funny how this is one of your favorite ploys.

You constantly reveal just how weak your arguments are.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Most right wingers who are now stuck with the Trumpster have NO choice but to condone all of the excesses this clown is imposing on our democracy.....and that is too bad; brainwashing is never pleasant to watch.

However, the current administration is well aware that there are very damaging leaks about the Trump administration dealings with Russian thugs just waiting to be exposed in the upcoming weeks (and probably some of these leaks will be from the Russians themselves in their quest to ridicule the current status of U.S. standing in the world's eyes.)

Given these realities, the oval office has launched a preemptive strike against our own media outlets (labeling them fake news) in order to "cushion" the blow of what these media outlets will soon reveal.

Whenever any organization is beleaguered by an onslaught of controversy, the organization retreats into its bunkers hoping that the controversy will be overshadowed by a more important exigency.

Ultimately this sham of an administration will not be brought down by so-called liberals, but by sane republicans who would rather lose a battle than a more devastating war launched by a charlatan under their banner.

We will be facing very nasty and contentious springtime months..

.

what's he doing to "silence" them

oh yeah nothing

Thru brainwashing YOU to believe when the Intelligence committees and News Reports the TRUTH about his team's involvement with the Russians and the stolen email dump's timing of releases on to wikileaks....his team was in collusion with the Russian operatives to influence the outcome of this election in Trump's favor.

It's why he's denied Russian involvement from the get go....he KNOWS HE CHEATED and he doesn't want the World to find out....

He wouldn't be spending so much energy and time to have his peeps fight these investigations tooth and nail....

If he had NOTHING to hide, he would WELCOME the investigations to be open and thorough.

what's that got to do with this imagined "silencing" the media

Oh yeah NOTHING

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Liberalism is an endangered religion under Trump! Keep up the good work president Trump!

Stupid response......Trump's ONLY reason to be converted into the "conservative" ranks, was because he saw that as the WEAKER of the 2 major parties where he could gain traction for his power-quest.

He is neither a conservative or liberal......just a power hungry demagogue.

And he is president.

Sucks to be you.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Was the NYT unable to publish its paper the next day because of this?

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Quit fearmongering gnat. Could you direct us to the law where be is silencing opposition. Oh....thats right, just another one of your wet dreams about trump.

Your trump derangement syndrome has become much more pronounced in the last few weeks. We should probably check you into a clinic or state hospital.

 

[Pogo]

Most right wingers who are now stuck with the Trumpster have NO choice but to condone all of the excesses this clown is imposing on our democracy.....and that is too bad; brainwashing is never pleasant to watch.

However, the current administration is well aware that there are very damaging leaks about the Trump administration dealings with Russian thugs just waiting to be exposed in the upcoming weeks (and probably some of these leaks will be from the Russians themselves in their quest to ridicule the current status of U.S. standing in the world's eyes.)

Given these realities, the oval office has launched a preemptive strike against our own media outlets (labeling them fake news) in order to "cushion" the blow of what these media outlets will soon reveal.

Whenever any organization is beleaguered by an onslaught of controversy, the organization retreats into its bunkers hoping that the controversy will be overshadowed by a more important exigency.

Ultimately this sham of an administration will not be brought down by so-called liberals, but by sane republicans who would rather lose a battle than a more devastating war launched by a charlatan under their banner.

We will be facing very nasty and contentious springtime months..

.

what's he doing to "silence" them

oh yeah nothing

To quote Dickens' ghost of Christmas future.... something, I think:

>> “It’s unconstitutional when President Trump has said he doesn’t like CNN and the New York Times and then excludes them from a press conference. It’s a content-based ban and the government generally cannot enact laws or restrictions that punish speech based or restrict public access based on content. Courts have held that a government press conference is a public forum generally open to the media, and any restrictions must be based on reasons other than content,” First Amendment attorney and LawNewz columnist Susan Seager said.

.... It’s no secret that over the last few days, CNN has been aggressively reporting a story about how Trump’s Chief of Staff Reince Priebus pressured the FBI to release a statement to squash stories about the Trump/Russia ties. As a result, Trump has strongly criticized the network. Just today he called them “fake news” and the “Clinton News Network”

The courts have weighed in on this issue on many occasions before, and it doesn’t bode well for the Trump administration.

In Sherrill v. Knight (D.C. Circuit 1997), The Nation magazine sued after a journalist was denied a White House press pass. In that decision, the Circuit Court and lower court both said that the White House can’t just deny credentials based upon what the journalists say. “..[W]e agree with appellants that arbitrary or content-based criteria for press pass issuance are prohibited under the first amendment,” the D.C. court wrote in the decision.

In another interesting case from 1988, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office didn’t like a story by the Times-Picayune so as retaliation the deputies stopped notifying the newspaper’s reporters of press conferences, and also barred them from attending press conferences if they did find out about them. In Times-Picayune Publishing Corp. v. Lee, the court held that this move by the Sheriff’s office violated the First Amendment. “Discriminatory governmental action aimed at the communicative impact of expression is presumptively at odds with the First Amendment. Above all else, the First Amendment means that the government cannot restrict freedom of expression on the basis of its ideas, message or content,” the federal court found.

Courts have said that it is permitted for government officials to enforce other kinds of restrictions to journalists. For example, it would be okay for Trump to do a million exclusive interviews with Fox News, and never give one to ABC. However, when it comes to press conferences and briefings that are supposed to be open to the media, the rules are different.

CNN and The New York Times have not indicated that they plan to take legal action, but as you can see, if they did they very well may have a winning case. << ---- Law Newz

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Anyone notice the parallel between a content-based ban of jouralists.... and a religion-based ban of travelers?
How'd that work out last time?

Moral --- a POTUS can't just do shit because "I wanna". He answers to the Constitution. And it is his Master. Like it or tweet about it at 3:27 in the morning --- it ain't going away. That's EXACTLY why we make him or her take that oath first thing. And not even an orange freak used to ducking out of responsibility for everything all his life can weasel out of it.

 

[hotleopardmama]

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[eflatminor]

Yes, that one.

Were you as outraged when Obama excluded certain news outlets?

Didn't think so.

Hey, moron, Obama DID have a serious issue with Fox.......and he was wrong about trying to silence their right wing propaganda.

However, Trump is trying to silence ALL media that disagrees with his despotic rule.....

there is a difference......and only people with a few more brain celss than you can figure it out.....

Oh, we see the difference. This time, it's your guys getting the cold shoulder. And you didn't say squat about then.

And by the way, rating everything with which you disagree as 'funny' really is not.

Carry on with the butthurt. Very entertaining.

 

[eflatminor]

Yes, I recall your outrage when the New York Times reported in 2015 how Obama met privately with liberal reporters and columnists frequently throughout his tenure in office — “more than a dozen” times.

Do you mean the VERY SAME NYT that is somewhat banned form the Trumpster media pool?? LOL

Yes, that one.

Were you as outraged when Obama excluded certain news outlets?

Didn't think so.

Thanks for making my point, hypocrite.

you were outraged when Obama farted after dinner. Tell me you dont suck Trump cock and wont call you a hypocrit.

Well, I didn't vote for him, so there's that.

You seem to have an obsession with the man's penis. Something you want to tell us?

 

[nat4900]

It's time people sit and think about where they are getting their information from and how it is packaged.

Stop assuming that people (well, maybe within your ilk it is different) cannot make up their own minds about what is credible and what is not in the news.....We certainly don't need a CLOWN to tell us how to discern reliable news from fake news......Of course, for you right wing idiots, you NEED to be told which is which..


.......and, by the way, I wish you morons would STOP speaking for the "PEOPLE"...you're not.......If you want to harp on that stupidity, you must bear in mind that the majority of "people" did not want an orange sitting in the oval office......You CANNOT have it both ways.

 

[nat4900]

Just because someone is a fascist jerk who murdered people didn't mean he was wrong all the time.

True.....and Hitler loved dogs.......what the **** is your point?

that despots have a "nice" side also?

 

[Avatar4321]

Is that why conservatives are happy, and your kind are losing your minds?

True....SOME conservatives are happy because they have found a perfect stooge in Trump. The problem will arise when Trump asks them to fund his "causes" while slashing taxes and be faced with a HUGE debt.

yes ,huge increase in military spending,,,,huge amounts allocated to infrastructure ,,and billions or trillions on tax reform.....where is the dump going to get this money?,,,,even repubs in office will give him the obama treatment

Cutting goverment, cutting programs, cutting foreign giveaways. Cutting taxes will also create jobs, so more money coming into our goverment.

Cutting taxes creates jobs ? Maybe but you believed in the trickle down affect years ago How'd that work out?

It's worked every time its tried. And its not difficult to figure out why. When people have more money they spend more money.

And when you can keep more of what you earn, industrious entrepreneurs will find creative new ways to serve their fellow man and make even more money

 

[nat4900]

And he is president.

Sucks to be you.

yes, the upcoming failure is the president......I can say that I never voted for the clown...YOU, on the other hand have to bear the sin of voting for him.....LOL

 

[Avatar4321]

yes ,huge increase in military spending,,,,huge amounts allocated to infrastructure ,,and billions or trillions on tax reform.....where is the dump going to get this money?,,,,even repubs in office will give him the obama treatment

Cutting goverment, cutting programs, cutting foreign giveaways. Cutting taxes will also create jobs, so more money coming into our goverment.

Cutting taxes creates jobs ? Maybe but you believed in the trickle down affect years ago How'd that work out?

We need higher taxes to pay for more bureaucracy. Those right wingers are nuts.

They don't get it, cut federal funding to planned parenthood would save about 500 million a year alone.

Do you realize how much many many women depend on PP for their healths needs?

Yes zero

 

[nat4900]

Oh, we see the difference. This time, it's your guys getting the cold shoulder. And you didn't say squat about then.

And by the way, rating everything with which you disagree as 'funny' really is not.

Someday....maybe....when you grow up.....you too will be able to tellthe difference between an Obama having a feud with FOX......and Trump having a feud with EVERYONE but FOX and Breitbart and Daily Caller......One can only hope.....for your sake of smartening up......LOL

 

[nat4900]

Well, I didn't vote for him, so there's that.

And NOW it starts......right wingers DENYING that they ever voted for Trump.....I really don't give a crap if you now regret your screwed up vote.....LOL

 

[nat4900]

It's worked every time its tried. And its not difficult to figure out why. When people have more money they spend more money.

And when you can keep more of what you earn, industrious entrepreneurs will find creative new ways to serve their fellow man and make even more money

Soooooo, when GWB gave MASSIVE tax cuts and unemployment skyrocketed anyway.....
THAT, was a fluke????

Do you morons EVER think on your own?

 

[regent]

I wonder how many people, including Americans, prefer a more dictatorial type of government?

 

[Avatar4321]

Cutting taxes creates jobs ? Maybe but you believed in the trickle down affect years ago How'd that work out?

We need higher taxes to pay for more bureaucracy. Those right wingers are nuts.

They don't get it, cut federal funding to planned parenthood would save about 500 million a year alone.

Do you realize how much many many women depend on PP for their healths needs?

And they can get the same help without funding abortions....

abortions are a tiny part of what they do

You've clearly never been to pp