Free press

[TNHarley]

VOA isnt the "free press"
They are a part of the federal government.
What a horrible and ignorant way to start off a thread.

 

[Billiejeens]

Trump just barred the AP from the WH because they refused to call the Gulf of Mexico by Trump’s stupid “Gulf of America” name

yes
I am sure that's the reason.

 

[Crepitus]

Cultist.

Yes, yes you are.

 

[Billiejeens]

YOu guys keep telling us what great fans of free speech you are, what's your take on this?

Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell accused Voice of America’s Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman of acting in a “treasonous” way for posting a quote critical of the Trump administration while reporting on recent lawsuits being filed against the Trump administration following the shuttering of USAID over the weekend.

He quoted someone who said destroying USAID makes American less safe at home and abroad. He posted his article on twitter where Grenell saw it and replied.

“Aren’t you a taxpayer funded “reporter” for @voa?”

“Why are you working against President Trump’s reform plans for the U.S. budget? You weren’t elected. It isn’t too much to suggest this is treasonous. You don’t get to work against the official U.S. government policies while being paid by US taxpayers. You should be immediately fired,” added Grenell, who Trump also recently made the Kennedy Center’s interim executive director.


Pretty sure he's just doing his job, but the trumpers don't see it that way. You must be loyal or you must be in prison, or worse.

Trump Envoy Accuses VOA Reporter of ‘Treasonous’ Behavior for Reporting a Quote Critical of the President

In 1994, Congress went passed a law to create an explicit “firewall” between the VOA and the partisan politics of Washington, D.C..

www.mediaite.com

Damn creepy
You mo stupid than normal

 

[Crepitus]

VOA isnt the "free press"
They are a part of the federal government.
What a horrible and ignorant way to start off a thread.

Of course it is. It exemplifies the free press.

 

[Billiejeens]

That is fake news. He did not have a "prescreened" press pool.

You want a "prescreened press pool?

The tRump *administration is removing reporters from places that still say "gulf of Mexico" like the rest of the planet.

There's your prescreening.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5139328-white-house-ap-gulf-mexico/

He had a prescreened press, was told who to call on (with a photo because he has the brain of a toddler) and in what order with prescreened questions.
That must have been one hell of a coma.

 

[Lesh]

VOA isnt the "free press"
They are a part of the federal government.
What a horrible and ignorant way to start off a thread.

The AP is

 

[TNHarley]

yes
I am sure that's the reason.

So am I, considering the trump admin had warned them this would happen.
But thats your king for you. Acting like a twelve year old girl.

 

[gipper]

Of course it is. It exemplifies the free press.

No it doesn’t. No government agency can be considered free press.

 

[Crepitus]

No one is destroying USAID, they're just getting a haircut.

Well that's a straight up lie.

 

[TNHarley]

Of course it is. It exemplifies the free press.

No it doesnt. ITS A PART OF THE FED GOV. Good grief.

 

[TNHarley]

The AP is

This thread isnt about the AP

 

[Crepitus]

Trump just barred the AP from the WH because they refused to call the Gulf of Mexico by Trump’s stupid “Gulf of America” name

That right there is censorship. Suppression of the free flow of information.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Nary a peep from op during the corrupt corn pop years.

 

[Crepitus]

No it doesnt. ITS A PART OF THE FED GOV. Good grief.

That's the whole point. It's part of the government yet still free.. That's why it exemplifies free press.

You make it out like they are supposed to be like RT or some shit.

 

[Lesh]

Well that's a straight up lie.

To go from 4,000 employees to less than 300?

 

[NetJedi]

YOu guys keep telling us what great fans of free speech you are, what's your take on this?

Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell accused Voice of America’s Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman of acting in a “treasonous” way for posting a quote critical of the Trump administration while reporting on recent lawsuits being filed against the Trump administration following the shuttering of USAID over the weekend.

He quoted someone who said destroying USAID makes American less safe at home and abroad. He posted his article on twitter where Grenell saw it and replied.

“Aren’t you a taxpayer funded “reporter” for @voa?”

“Why are you working against President Trump’s reform plans for the U.S. budget? You weren’t elected. It isn’t too much to suggest this is treasonous. You don’t get to work against the official U.S. government policies while being paid by US taxpayers. You should be immediately fired,” added Grenell, who Trump also recently made the Kennedy Center’s interim executive director.


Pretty sure he's just doing his job, but the trumpers don't see it that way. You must be loyal or you must be in prison, or worse.

Trump Envoy Accuses VOA Reporter of ‘Treasonous’ Behavior for Reporting a Quote Critical of the President

In 1994, Congress went passed a law to create an explicit “firewall” between the VOA and the partisan politics of Washington, D.C..

www.mediaite.com

You realize that VOA is STATE RUN MEDIA, right? not part of the independent FREE PRESS that the First Amendment references, the thing shouldn't even exist in United States, it's a Federal Propaganda outlet.

The fact that it's being used by the left to criticize their domestic political opposition is a grotesque example of the left using Federal Funds to advance their partisan goals.

 

[Crepitus]

Nary a peep from op during the corrupt corn pop years.

That's because the supposed corruption was made up. This is real.

 

[Mac-7]

YOu guys keep telling us what great fans of free speech you are, what's your take on this?

Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell accused Voice of America’s Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman of acting in a “treasonous” way for posting a quote critical of the Trump administration while reporting on recent lawsuits being filed against the Trump administration following the shuttering of USAID over the weekend.

He quoted someone who said destroying USAID makes American less safe at home and abroad. He posted his article on twitter where Grenell saw it and replied.

“Aren’t you a taxpayer funded “reporter” for @voa?”

“Why are you working against President Trump’s reform plans for the U.S. budget? You weren’t elected. It isn’t too much to suggest this is treasonous. You don’t get to work against the official U.S. government policies while being paid by US taxpayers. You should be immediately fired,” added Grenell, who Trump also recently made the Kennedy Center’s interim executive director.


Pretty sure he's just doing his job, but the trumpers don't see it that way. You must be loyal or you must be in prison, or worse.

Trump Envoy Accuses VOA Reporter of ‘Treasonous’ Behavior for Reporting a Quote Critical of the President

In 1994, Congress went passed a law to create an explicit “firewall” between the VOA and the partisan politics of Washington, D.C..

www.mediaite.com

Where does the law say the MAGAs cant criticize partisan political reporters?

 

[TNHarley]

That's the whole point. It's part of the government yet still free.. That's why it exemplifies free press.

You make it out like they are supposed to be like RT or some shit.

The FBI is an example of independent law enforcement! Just got to ignore its a govt agency!

Moonbat.