Has any President ever gone after Fake News like Trump?

RandomPoster · Nov 20, 2019

The closest I can think of is former Vice President Spiro Agnew categorizing the press as "an efete of impudent snobs that identify as intellectuals" and "the Nattering Nabobs of Negativism". The country loved it when it happened and thousands of people called in to voice their approval. I like the way Trump is calling the press Fake News in live broadcasts, refusing to take questions from them, banning them from his press conferences. It's refreshing to see a President going after the press so brutally. Hopefully Trump brings about a change in the way the President interacts with the press.

Here Trump calls a reporter a rude, disgusting person and calls CNN the enemy of the people. LOL

eagle1462010 · Nov 20, 2019

I haven't seen it............but it's about time for them to be called out...........and it's crystal clear where they stand now..............They tried to hide it before..........exposed.............good thing.

skye · Nov 20, 2019

GOD is by The President's side.

His mission is to drain the Swamp...he is a Hero. :clap:

May he be blessed always!

candycorn · Nov 20, 2019

The blob and his supporters do nothing except spawn fake news….

fncceo · Nov 20, 2019

To be fair, they came after him first.

I would call it self-defense.

BluesLegend · Nov 20, 2019

Trump has destroyed decades of carefully crafted fake news propaganda and free speech intimidation. The first kick to the groin was Trump daring to speak out on illegal on American crime, illegals killing and raping Americans.

The Fake News immediately attacked him as a racist and declared he was finished as a candidate. That his campaign was toast. Trump flipped them the bird, beat all the GOP primary candidates and mopped the floor with Hillary. :21:

This is why Dem's and the fake news are freaked out, Trump has proved to Republicans that they don't have to be intimidated into silence. They can kick Dem's and the fake news right in the groin and still win!!

progressive hunter · Nov 20, 2019

candycorn said:
The blob and his supporters do nothing except spawn fake news….

dont talk about george soros like that,,,it could be considered anti-Semitic,,,,,,,

mamooth · Nov 20, 2019

I agree, no president has created fake news as much as Trump has. He's fabricated an entirely new reality, and all of his cult followers are required to pretend they believe in it.

If anyone actually believes Trump, it means they snarfed too many lead paint chips as a child. It doesn't take much brainpower to see that he's always lying. If someone can't see that, that person is a 'friggin moron, and they should stay silent when the adults are talking.

BluesLegend · Nov 20, 2019

mamooth said:
I agree, no president has created fake news as much as Trump has. He's fabricated an entirely new reality, and all of his cult followers are required to pretend they believe in it.

Right you are not an unhinged TDS victim. :cuckoo:

Thunk · Nov 20, 2019

GW Bush never responded to it...so Trump has a clear history of what NOT to do!

g5000 · Nov 20, 2019

RandomPoster said:
The closest I can think of is former Vice President Spiro Agnew categorizing the press as "an efete of impudent snobs that identify as intellectuals" and "the Nattering Nabobs of Negativism". The country loved it when it happened and thousands of people called in to voice their approval. I like the way Trump is calling the press Fake News in live broadcasts, refusing to take questions from them, banning them from his press conferences. It's refreshing to see a President going after the press so brutally. Hopefully Trump brings about a change in the way the President interacts with the press.

Here Trump calls a reporter a rude, disgusting person and calls CNN the enemy of the people. LOL

g5000 · Nov 20, 2019

Anything which contradicts Trumps thousands and thousands and thousands of lies is "fake news". :lol:

Care4all · Nov 20, 2019

RandomPoster said:
The closest I can think of is former Vice President Spiro Agnew categorizing the press as "an efete of impudent snobs that identify as intellectuals" and "the Nattering Nabobs of Negativism". The country loved it when it happened and thousands of people called in to voice their approval. I like the way Trump is calling the press Fake News in live broadcasts, refusing to take questions from them, banning them from his press conferences. It's refreshing to see a President going after the press so brutally. Hopefully Trump brings about a change in the way the President interacts with the press.

Here Trump calls a reporter a rude, disgusting person and calls CNN the enemy of the people. LOL

well no wonder Agnew called them Fake News just like Pres. Trump... he was corrupt as well!

www.History.com

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Oct 9, 2019
1973
October 10
Vice President Agnew resigns
Less than a year before Richard M. Nixon’s resignation as president of the United States, Spiro Agnew becomes the first U.S. vice president to resign in disgrace. The same day, he pleaded no contest to a charge of federal income tax evasion in exchange for the dropping of charges of political corruption. He was subsequently fined $10,000, sentenced to three years probation, and disbarred by the Maryland court of appeals.

Agnew, a Republican, was elected chief executive of Baltimore County in 1961. In 1967, he became governor of Maryland, an office he held until his nomination as the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1968. During Nixon’s successful campaign, Agnew ran on a tough law-and-order platform, and as vice president he frequently attacked opponents of the Vietnam War and liberals as being disloyal and un-American. Reelected with Nixon in 1972, Agnew resigned on October 10, 1973, after the U.S. Justice Department uncovered widespread evidence of his political corruption, including allegations that his practice of accepting bribes had continued into his tenure as U.S. vice president. He died at the age of 77 on September 17, 1996.

HaShev · Nov 20, 2019

>>>>Has any President ever gone after Fake News like Trump?

No, because they need the media, but Trump found a way around this through twitter. Which is why they keep wanting to supress his tweets.

Syriusly · Nov 20, 2019

RandomPoster said:
The closest I can think of is former Vice President Spiro Agnew categorizing the press as "an efete of impudent snobs that identify as intellectuals" and "the Nattering Nabobs of Negativism". The country loved it when it happened and thousands of people called in to voice their approval. I like the way Trump is calling the press Fake News in live broadcasts, refusing to take questions from them, banning them from his press conferences. It's refreshing to see a President going after the press so brutally. Hopefully Trump brings about a change in the way the President interacts with the press.

Here Trump calls a reporter a rude, disgusting person and calls CNN the enemy of the people. LOL

Has any President ever generated as much Fake News as Donald Trump?

What a great reminder of that fantastic GOP role model- Spiro Agnew..........

Syriusly · Nov 20, 2019

skye said:
GOD is by The President's side.

His mission is to drain the Swamp...he is a Hero.

May he be blessed always!

He certainly is your Orange Messiah.

georgephillip · Nov 20, 2019

RandomPoster said:
The closest I can think of is former Vice President Spiro Agnew categorizing the press as "an efete of impudent snobs that identify as intellectuals" and "the Nattering Nabobs of Negativism". The country loved it when it happened and thousands of people called in to voice their approval. I like the way Trump is calling the press Fake News in live broadcasts, refusing to take questions from them, banning them from his press conferences. It's refreshing to see a President going after the press so brutally. Hopefully Trump brings about a change in the way the President interacts with the press.

Here Trump calls a reporter a rude, disgusting person and calls CNN the enemy of the people. LOL

Which politician Trump or Agnew is/was the most corrupt?

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vice-president-agnew-resigns

"Less than a year before Richard M. Nixon’s resignation as president of the United States, Spiro Agnew becomes the first U.S. vice president to resign in disgrace.

"The same day, he pleaded no contest to a charge of federal income tax evasion in exchange for the dropping of charges of political corruption. He was subsequently fined $10,000, sentenced to three years probation, and disbarred by the Maryland court of appeals."

On corruption and sleaze, Donald Trump is first among US presidents

konradv · Nov 20, 2019

Sad for MD to have Agnew as a former guv, sadder that the OP chose to use him as an example for Trump! An example of what, how to lose one's office? :laughing0301:

my2¢ · Nov 20, 2019

Other presidents both Republican and Democrats were better at not allowing the media to get under their skin. They used more of a speak softly / big stick approach. Reagan was the best at it.

whitehall · Nov 20, 2019

Time was that Cronkite was the "most trusted man ' in the media and the only source of information was filtered through fake media sources. Reagan used to make fun of the media with "there they go again" but he had no defenders on the right. George Bush used to hide from the media and conservatives used to cringe when he made a speech. Trump is the first republican with a set of balls since Reagan and the first president who had a fair and balanced defense in Fox media.

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