Did your newspaper take part in the free speech lynching of Donald Trump?

[Foxfyre]

BFS. Trump wanted to quash free speech with libel laws.

Do you even know what libel is? Enforcing libel laws has zero to do with free speech.

 

[watchingfromafar]

He is simply a con artist and an opportunist who saw an opening and took advantage of lemmings like you to gain power.

Trump is also a pathological liar.​

Pathological lying, also known as mythomania and pseudologia fantastica, is a chronic behavior in which the person habitually or compulsively lies. These lies often serve no obvious purpose other than to paint oneself as a hero or victim, depending on the circumstance.
Others have defined pathological lying as "falsification entirely disproportionate to any discernible end in view, may be extensive and very complicated, and may manifest over a period of years or even a lifetime.
Pathological lying - Wikipedia

Trump is in short, suffering from a mental illness.

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[Ray9]

The Durham investigation? Lol. The Russian collusion hoax origin was used to affect the election which it did. It is too late to undo the damage. Who has the FBI raided?

 

[okfine]

Do you even know what libel is? Enforcing libel laws has zero to do with free speech.

I know exactly what it is and why Trump wanted to put the kabash on free speech.

“People think they can say anything and get away with it,” President Trump said in a recent tweet. “Really, the libel laws should be changed to hold Fake News Media accountable!” Trump was complaining about a made-up quotation attributed to him in ill-considered jest, but he is just as likely, at any given hour, to complain about “Fake News” that isn’t fake at all."

"If Trump had lived in the early 18th century, however, he might have sought recourse in the libel laws in either circumstance. He could have shut down a critical press, accurate or otherwise. It was before the First Amendment, before even the Revolution, and truth was not a defense."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/06/trump-wants-change-libel-laws-heres-how-they-came-be/

 

[Toro]

The Durham investigation? Lol. The Russian collusion hoax origin was used to affect the election which it did. It is too late to undo the damage. Who has the FBI raided?

Keep believing that the world is flat, the moon is made of green cheese, and Trump won the election.

LOL

 

[miketx]

Trump is also a pathological liar.​

Pathological lying, also known as mythomania and pseudologia fantastica, is a chronic behavior in which the person habitually or compulsively lies. These lies often serve no obvious purpose other than to paint oneself as a hero or victim, depending on the circumstance.
Others have defined pathological lying as "falsification entirely disproportionate to any discernible end in view, may be extensive and very complicated, and may manifest over a period of years or even a lifetime.
Pathological lying - Wikipedia

Trump is in short, suffering from a mental illness.

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Your post is an excellent example of pathological lying.

 

[okfine]

The Durham investigation? Lol. The Russian collusion hoax origin was used to affect the election which it did. It is too late to undo the damage. Who has the FBI raided?

The FBI is investigating Trumps other properties. Rumor is the psychopath has some documents on the Russia investigation he wants to trade with.

 

[watchingfromafar]

Trump looks like he broke the law. What do you expect law enforcement to do?

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[Foxfyre]

I know exactly what it is and why Trump wanted to put the kabash on free speech.

“People think they can say anything and get away with it,” President Trump said in a recent tweet. “Really, the libel laws should be changed to hold Fake News Media accountable!” Trump was complaining about a made-up quotation attributed to him in ill-considered jest, but he is just as likely, at any given hour, to complain about “Fake News” that isn’t fake at all."

"If Trump had lived in the early 18th century, however, he might have sought recourse in the libel laws in either circumstance. He could have shut down a critical press, accurate or otherwise. It was before the First Amendment, before even the Revolution, and truth was not a defense."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/06/trump-wants-change-libel-laws-heres-how-they-came-be/

WAPO completely distorts the facts in cases like this. Libel is specific and obvious and interferes with free speech only in the same way that making it illegal to shout 'fire' in a crowded theater or incite to riot interferes with free speech. Trump didn't want the libel laws changed. He wanted them enforced.

 

[rightwinger]

WAPO completely distorts the facts in cases like this. Libel is specific and obvious and interferes with free speech only in the same way that making it illegal to shout 'fire' in a crowded theater or incite to riot interferes with free speech. Trump didn't want the libel laws changed. He wanted them enforced.

Trump wants to sue any time his feelings are hurt

 

[miketx]

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Homosexuals fantasy.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Free speech is the cornerstone of all democracies.

And the doctrine of free speech concerns solely the relationship between government and those governed – not between or among private persons and private entities.

The press is a private entity, not government, and not subject to First Amendment jurisprudence.

That the press isn’t government means it has neither the authority nor ability to ‘violate’ free speech, including Trump’s.

Consequently, there’s been no ‘lynching’ of Trump’s ‘free speech’ – by the newspapers or anything else.

 

[miketx]

And the doctrine of free speech concerns solely the relationship between government and those governed – not between or among private persons and private entities.

The press is a private entity, not government, and not subject to First Amendment jurisprudence.

That the press isn’t government means it has neither the authority nor ability to ‘violate’ free speech, including Trump’s.

Consequently, there’s been no ‘lynching’ of Trump’s ‘free speech’ – by the newspapers or anything else.

Never stops lying.

 

[konradv]

Free speech is the cornerstone of all democracies. Words like misinformation and disinformation do not come from democracies, they come from totalitarian administrations in closed societies. When citizens begin to recognize that media in their free societies crosses a line from watching government to watching the people, a populist like Donald Trump may come along and brand that media as fake news. When that happens, a spotlight shines in the shadowland of a democracy transitioning to authoritarianism with media as an ally.

We all watched as newspapers across the country published editorials attacking Trump as an enemy of free speech. What Trump was threatening was groupthink media and this triggered the broadsheet mobs to hit the streets. This happened right before the eyes of the people as they saw print media that knew they were dying on the vine try to save themselves by becoming public relations for Washington.

We see today as that same media covers for a dangerous, demented, loose cannon in the White House. Our electoral process is in tatters and may never be trusted again thanks to a domestic print media that sees real free speech as the problem. Much like the history of all controlled societies authentic free speech is branded as conspiracy theory. The lens in this kind of media is never turned on the government it is always on the people. Whitey Bulger was free for sixteen years while the My Pillow Guy was tracked and arrested by the FBI for supporting Donald Trump who exposed a corroded and corrupted print media.

Did your newspaper take part in that free speech lynching of Donald Trump? Check it out.

Disinformation — Who Coined That Word Anyway?

Newspapers across U.S. denounce Trump's media attacks with coordinated editorials

What about “alternate facts”? Isn’t that disinformation?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

You turn the logic inside out. Trump was not trying to shut newspapers down they were trying to shut him down.

Again, having nothing to do with ‘free speech.’

And it’s a lie to claim that the press sought to ‘shut down’ Trump.

That the press accurately and truthfully reports on Trump’s lies, ignorance, and incompetence is not to ‘shut down’ Trump.

 

[miketx]

Trump is also a pathological liar.​

Pathological lying, also known as mythomania and pseudologia fantastica, is a chronic behavior in which the person habitually or compulsively lies. These lies often serve no obvious purpose other than to paint oneself as a hero or victim, depending on the circumstance.
Others have defined pathological lying as "falsification entirely disproportionate to any discernible end in view, may be extensive and very complicated, and may manifest over a period of years or even a lifetime.
Pathological lying - Wikipedia

Trump is in short, suffering from a mental illness.

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Sounds like you. Why can't you imbeciles stop talking about trump? It's all you can do! What is wrong with you ghouls?

 

[miketx]

Again, having nothing to do with ‘free speech.’

And it’s a lie to claim that the press sought to ‘shut down’ Trump.

That the press accurately and truthfully reports on Trump’s lies, ignorance, and incompetence is not to ‘shut down’ Trump.

Biggest lying traitor. You are.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

I can't recall Trump using the FBI and the DOJ to go after Clinton, or Obama.

And President Biden hasn’t used the FBI or Justice Department to ‘go after’ Trump.

Trump is subject to a lawful, appropriate investigation based on objective, documented evidence authorized by a warrant that Trump engaged in criminal wrongdoing.

 

[miketx]

And President Biden hasn’t used the FBI or Justice Department to ‘go after’ Trump.

Trump is subject to a lawful, appropriate investigation based on objective, documented evidence authorized by a warrant that Trump engaged in criminal wrongdoing.

Stop lying traitor.

 

[okfine]

WAPO completely distorts the facts in cases like this. Libel is specific and obvious and interferes with free speech only in the same way that making it illegal to shout 'fire' in a crowded theater or incite to riot interferes with free speech. Trump didn't want the libel laws changed. He wanted them enforced.

He wanted to make changes to libel law solely to benefit himself and make it easier to sue.