T-Rump imposes Censorship in Iowa!

[boedicca]

Has Trump locked any reporters in a closet or enclosed them in a roped off area or forbidden staffers to speak to them?

 

[JimH52]

Wow! He and Putin have something in common!

 

[Statistikhengst]

Perhaps the Register might want to rethink an editorial policy of insults and smears.

This has nothing to do with the First Amendment. No one is prohibiting the Register from saying what it wants. They are just prohibited from attending the campaign event of someone they don't like.

Exactly! Restricting access is not censorship.

Did you say that about Clinton earlier in the month? I doubt it.

Since you don't know what censorship is, let me give you a real world example. Congress is expected to vote on an Iran treaty while not being allowed to see two secretive side deals.
THIS IS CENSORSHIP!

You love to get personal, but you did not answer my question, n'est ce pas?

Nope, you didn't.

And yes, I assume that every adult in the room knows what censorship is.

 

[AmericanFirst1]

Wow! He and Putin have something in common!

Hillary is more attuned to Putin.

 

[B. Kidd]

Perhaps the Register might want to rethink an editorial policy of insults and smears.

This has nothing to do with the First Amendment. No one is prohibiting the Register from saying what it wants. They are just prohibited from attending the campaign event of someone they don't like.

Exactly! Restricting access is not censorship.

Did you say that about Clinton earlier in the month? I doubt it.

Since you don't know what censorship is, let me give you a real world example. Congress is expected to vote on an Iran treaty while not being allowed to see two secretive side deals.
THIS IS CENSORSHIP!

You love to get personal, but you did not answer my question, n'est ce pas?

Nope, you didn't.

And yes, I assume that every adult in the room knows what censorship is.

When it comes to Trump threads, you are like a chimp throwing shit. Personal enuff?.......sometimes the truth is.

 

[peach174]

Hillary campaign ropes off media TheHill
Ain't restricting the press awful?

Hi, n00b, and welcome to USMB. Roping the press off is one thing. Completely banning one specific outlet is another...

You mean like President Obama did to Fox News?

 

[JimH52]

Wow! He and Putin have something in common!

Hillary is more attuned to Putin.

Bullies stick together. Putin and Trump will be the best Dictators around.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Hillary campaign ropes off media TheHill
Ain't restricting the press awful?

Hi, n00b, and welcome to USMB. Roping the press off is one thing. Completely banning one specific outlet is another...

You mean like President Obama did to Fox News?

Care to cough up a link for that one??

lol...

 

[peach174]

Hillary campaign ropes off media TheHill
Ain't restricting the press awful?

Hi, n00b, and welcome to USMB. Roping the press off is one thing. Completely banning one specific outlet is another...

You mean like President Obama did to Fox News?

Care to cough up a link for that one??

lol...

Remember?
Doug Ross Journal Unprecedented White House Tries to Ban Fox from Press Pool

The difference was that the other news outlets banned together on that one.
Nothing on this one though, not one word about it one way or the other.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Hillary campaign ropes off media TheHill
Ain't restricting the press awful?

Hi, n00b, and welcome to USMB. Roping the press off is one thing. Completely banning one specific outlet is another...

You mean like President Obama did to Fox News?

Care to cough up a link for that one??

lol...

Remember?
Doug Ross Journal Unprecedented White House Tries to Ban Fox from Press Pool

The difference was that the other news outlets banned together on that one.
Nothing on this one though, not one word about it one way or the other.

Oh, I remember that!! Thanks!

Only, most of it was a lie.

Fox News White House Bans Fox News Story Is Starting To Unravel Become Clearer Updated Mediaite

Excerpt:

"On Thursday night, Fox News ran a shocking report that the “Obama administration” had “contacted the White House pool” and made executive pay czar Kenneth Feinberg available for round-robin interviews, “but specified that all members of the pool were welcome except Fox News.” They billed it as the Obama administration’s “first concrete step” in the direction of treating Fox News Channel like it’s not a real news organization.

The report went on to say that the bureau chiefs of the 5 networks in the TV pool decided that none of them would interview Feinberg unless Fox was included, and that “the administration relented,” making Feinberg available to all 5 networks and Bloomberg TV. A Fox News panel then went on to debate the White House’s attempt to “ban” Fox from the interviews.

Through our own reporting, and the reporting of others, my reporting has shown that Fox News’ report of this incident was, at best, incomplete and self-serving, and serves as a neat encapsulation of what Robert Gibbs told us the first time we asked him if the White House was “bullying” Fox News....

...First of all, Fox omitted the fact that it was the Treasury Department that handled the interviews, not the White House. They also failed to produce the press announcement for the event, which Mediaite has obtained, or any direct quotes from the bureau chiefs involved. Most glaring, to me, was the fact that they didn’t initially interview Major Garrett who conducted the Feinberg interview, for their report. Garrett later filed a report on the incident, providing a much fairer account than that first report. Still, he doesn’t address whether Fox requested the interview. The whole thing smacked of an oversell, a minor snafu being spun into a scandal.

As the story spread yesterday, there was no on-the-record confirmation of the story from any source other than Fox News. None of the other network bureau chiefs stepped forward to take credit for this “courageous stand,” and no other documentation surfaced to support it.

Last night, Mediaite was first to learn that the Treasury Department denied the story, telling us “There was no plot to exclude Fox News, and they had the same interview that their competitors did. Much ado about absolutely nothing.”

Now, TPM is reporting that the Treasury Department did omit Fox News from a list of networks requesting an interview with Feinberg because Fox didn’t request one. The press bulletin for the event stated, “This is a pen and pad briefing only; no cameras or recording devices for broadcast purposes will be allowed.” The requests for on-camera interviews were a special request.

The other networks insisted on Fox’s inclusion on the basis of their mutual pool arrangement, not as some show of solidarity. In fact, when Treasury brought the matter to the White House’s attention, it was the administration who approved Fox News’ inclusion. TPM also points out that logistical negotiations of this sort are usually treated as off-the-record.

The White House, for its part, isn’t looking to make nice with Fox News, telling TPM “This White House has demonstrated our willingness to exclude Fox News from newsmaking interviews, but yesterday we did not.”


----------------------------------------------------------------------------


So, yeah, I remember that special lie.

Got anything else? I mean, anything that actually really DID happen?

 

[Derideo_Te]

Hillary campaign ropes off media TheHill
Ain't restricting the press awful?

Hi, n00b, and welcome to USMB. Roping the press off is one thing. Completely banning one specific outlet is another...

You mean like President Obama did to Fox News?

Care to cough up a link for that one??

lol...

Remember?
Doug Ross Journal Unprecedented White House Tries to Ban Fox from Press Pool

The difference was that the other news outlets banned together on that one.
Nothing on this one though, not one word about it one way or the other.

Thank you for bringing up that example because it is exactly the same principle of censorship.

The 1st Amendment prohibits abridging the freedom of the press.

The WH would have been wrong in that instance (if it had actually happened) and the rest of the media used their own freedom of expression to call out the violation and have FauxNoise reinstated.

T-Rump is doing the exact same thing so as an American you should be condemning him and demanding that he allow the Des Moines Register access to his campaign event.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Hillary campaign ropes off media TheHill
Ain't restricting the press awful?

Hi, n00b, and welcome to USMB. Roping the press off is one thing. Completely banning one specific outlet is another...

You mean like President Obama did to Fox News?

Care to cough up a link for that one??

lol...

Remember?
Doug Ross Journal Unprecedented White House Tries to Ban Fox from Press Pool

The difference was that the other news outlets banned together on that one.
Nothing on this one though, not one word about it one way or the other.

Thank you for bringing up that example because it is exactly the same principle of censorship.

The 1st Amendment prohibits abridging the freedom of the press.

The WH would have been wrong in that instance (if it had actually happened) and the rest of the media used their own freedom of expression to call out the violation and have FauxNoise reinstated.

T-Rump is doing the exact same thing so as an American you should be condemning him and demanding that he allow the Des Moines Register access to his campaign event.

Only, the WH didn't do it. It was just another RWNJ three-ring circus lie.

 

[westwall]

Trump campaign bars Iowa paper from Iowa event - CNNPolitics.com

Trump campaign bars Iowa paper from Iowa event after critical editorial

(CNN)The Des Moines Register, Iowa's largest newspaper, reported early Friday evening that it has been barred from attending a Donald Trump campaign event in Iowa after the paper's editorial board called on him to drop out of the race.

A Register article said Friday that the Trump campaign had informed the paper that its reporters were not welcome at The Make America Great Again Rally and Family Picnic on Saturday in Oskaloosa. The campaign denied them press credentials, reporters said.

"We are disappointed that Mr. Trump's campaign has taken the unusual step of excluding Register reporters from covering his campaign event in Iowa on Saturday because he was displeased with our editorial," Register editor Amalie Nash said in a statement to her paper. "We hope Mr. Trump's campaign will revisit its decision instead of making punitive decisions because we wrote something critical of him."​

Apparently T-Rump doesn't understand the 1st Amendment and therefore is unqualified to be president.

The 1st Amendment states that the government shall not abridge freedom of speech or freedom of the press.

T-Rump might have the right to exclude the media from his campaign events for the highest office in the land but the message he is sending is that he can't handle legitimate criticism and will abuse the power of his office in the event that we were to be elected as POTUS.

Needless to say his sycophantic supporters will agree with his thin-skinned attitude and defend it but none of them understand anything about the Constitution outside of the 2nd Amendment anyway.

For those with a better grasp of the problem here please feel free to provide your own input regarding T-Rump's actions.

Oh, you mean like Obama does with almost everyone? Or how about Hitlery and how she has been so forthcoming? How many questions has she actually answered in the months she's been running?

Epic thread fail dude...truly epic.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Trump campaign bars Iowa paper from Iowa event - CNNPolitics.com

Trump campaign bars Iowa paper from Iowa event after critical editorial

(CNN)The Des Moines Register, Iowa's largest newspaper, reported early Friday evening that it has been barred from attending a Donald Trump campaign event in Iowa after the paper's editorial board called on him to drop out of the race.

A Register article said Friday that the Trump campaign had informed the paper that its reporters were not welcome at The Make America Great Again Rally and Family Picnic on Saturday in Oskaloosa. The campaign denied them press credentials, reporters said.

"We are disappointed that Mr. Trump's campaign has taken the unusual step of excluding Register reporters from covering his campaign event in Iowa on Saturday because he was displeased with our editorial," Register editor Amalie Nash said in a statement to her paper. "We hope Mr. Trump's campaign will revisit its decision instead of making punitive decisions because we wrote something critical of him."​

Apparently T-Rump doesn't understand the 1st Amendment and therefore is unqualified to be president.

The 1st Amendment states that the government shall not abridge freedom of speech or freedom of the press.

T-Rump might have the right to exclude the media from his campaign events for the highest office in the land but the message he is sending is that he can't handle legitimate criticism and will abuse the power of his office in the event that we were to be elected as POTUS.

Needless to say his sycophantic supporters will agree with his thin-skinned attitude and defend it but none of them understand anything about the Constitution outside of the 2nd Amendment anyway.

For those with a better grasp of the problem here please feel free to provide your own input regarding T-Rump's actions.

Oh, you mean like Obama does with almost everyone? Or how about Hitlery and how she has been so forthcoming? How many questions has she actually answered in the months she's been running?

Epic thread fail dude...truly epic.

Well she was asked what her favorite ice cream was.......hard hitting in depth expose stuff right there

 

[AmericanFirst1]

Wow! He and Putin have something in common!

Hillary is more attuned to Putin.

Bullies stick together. Putin and Trump will be the best Dictators around.

Hilliary is a bigger bully.

 

[JimH52]

Trump campaign bars Iowa paper from Iowa event - CNNPolitics.com

Trump campaign bars Iowa paper from Iowa event after critical editorial

(CNN)The Des Moines Register, Iowa's largest newspaper, reported early Friday evening that it has been barred from attending a Donald Trump campaign event in Iowa after the paper's editorial board called on him to drop out of the race.

A Register article said Friday that the Trump campaign had informed the paper that its reporters were not welcome at The Make America Great Again Rally and Family Picnic on Saturday in Oskaloosa. The campaign denied them press credentials, reporters said.

"We are disappointed that Mr. Trump's campaign has taken the unusual step of excluding Register reporters from covering his campaign event in Iowa on Saturday because he was displeased with our editorial," Register editor Amalie Nash said in a statement to her paper. "We hope Mr. Trump's campaign will revisit its decision instead of making punitive decisions because we wrote something critical of him."​

Apparently T-Rump doesn't understand the 1st Amendment and therefore is unqualified to be president.

The 1st Amendment states that the government shall not abridge freedom of speech or freedom of the press.

T-Rump might have the right to exclude the media from his campaign events for the highest office in the land but the message he is sending is that he can't handle legitimate criticism and will abuse the power of his office in the event that we were to be elected as POTUS.

Needless to say his sycophantic supporters will agree with his thin-skinned attitude and defend it but none of them understand anything about the Constitution outside of the 2nd Amendment anyway.

For those with a better grasp of the problem here please feel free to provide your own input regarding T-Rump's actions.

Oh, you mean like Obama does with almost everyone? Or how about Hitlery and how she has been so forthcoming? How many questions has she actually answered in the months she's been running?

Epic thread fail dude...truly epic.

Caught in a lie, so change the subject. Typical.....

 

[Statistikhengst]

Trump campaign bars Iowa paper from Iowa event - CNNPolitics.com

Trump campaign bars Iowa paper from Iowa event after critical editorial

(CNN)The Des Moines Register, Iowa's largest newspaper, reported early Friday evening that it has been barred from attending a Donald Trump campaign event in Iowa after the paper's editorial board called on him to drop out of the race.

A Register article said Friday that the Trump campaign had informed the paper that its reporters were not welcome at The Make America Great Again Rally and Family Picnic on Saturday in Oskaloosa. The campaign denied them press credentials, reporters said.

"We are disappointed that Mr. Trump's campaign has taken the unusual step of excluding Register reporters from covering his campaign event in Iowa on Saturday because he was displeased with our editorial," Register editor Amalie Nash said in a statement to her paper. "We hope Mr. Trump's campaign will revisit its decision instead of making punitive decisions because we wrote something critical of him."​

Apparently T-Rump doesn't understand the 1st Amendment and therefore is unqualified to be president.

The 1st Amendment states that the government shall not abridge freedom of speech or freedom of the press.

T-Rump might have the right to exclude the media from his campaign events for the highest office in the land but the message he is sending is that he can't handle legitimate criticism and will abuse the power of his office in the event that we were to be elected as POTUS.

Needless to say his sycophantic supporters will agree with his thin-skinned attitude and defend it but none of them understand anything about the Constitution outside of the 2nd Amendment anyway.

For those with a better grasp of the problem here please feel free to provide your own input regarding T-Rump's actions.

Oh, you mean like Obama does with almost everyone? Or how about Hitlery and how she has been so forthcoming? How many questions has she actually answered in the months she's been running?

Epic thread fail dude...truly epic.

Why do you think this is a thread fail?

Really, I mean that quite seriously.

Are we not, as adults, able to handle one subject at a time without quid-pro-quos ruling the day?

I put out a thread on this as well: it's news, it's discussion-worthy.

And if you think so little of Clinton or Obama because of perceived transgressions against the media, where is your disdain for the Trumpublican?

BTW, nice to see you here today. I hope you are doing well and prospering.

Stat

 

[westwall]

Trump campaign bars Iowa paper from Iowa event - CNNPolitics.com

Trump campaign bars Iowa paper from Iowa event after critical editorial

(CNN)The Des Moines Register, Iowa's largest newspaper, reported early Friday evening that it has been barred from attending a Donald Trump campaign event in Iowa after the paper's editorial board called on him to drop out of the race.

A Register article said Friday that the Trump campaign had informed the paper that its reporters were not welcome at The Make America Great Again Rally and Family Picnic on Saturday in Oskaloosa. The campaign denied them press credentials, reporters said.

"We are disappointed that Mr. Trump's campaign has taken the unusual step of excluding Register reporters from covering his campaign event in Iowa on Saturday because he was displeased with our editorial," Register editor Amalie Nash said in a statement to her paper. "We hope Mr. Trump's campaign will revisit its decision instead of making punitive decisions because we wrote something critical of him."​

Apparently T-Rump doesn't understand the 1st Amendment and therefore is unqualified to be president.

The 1st Amendment states that the government shall not abridge freedom of speech or freedom of the press.

T-Rump might have the right to exclude the media from his campaign events for the highest office in the land but the message he is sending is that he can't handle legitimate criticism and will abuse the power of his office in the event that we were to be elected as POTUS.

Needless to say his sycophantic supporters will agree with his thin-skinned attitude and defend it but none of them understand anything about the Constitution outside of the 2nd Amendment anyway.

For those with a better grasp of the problem here please feel free to provide your own input regarding T-Rump's actions.

Oh, you mean like Obama does with almost everyone? Or how about Hitlery and how she has been so forthcoming? How many questions has she actually answered in the months she's been running?

Epic thread fail dude...truly epic.

Caught in a lie, so change the subject. Typical.....

Yes, hitlery has indeed been caught lying.... repeatedly. Why do you still like the lying bitch?

 

[westwall]

Trump campaign bars Iowa paper from Iowa event - CNNPolitics.com

Trump campaign bars Iowa paper from Iowa event after critical editorial

(CNN)The Des Moines Register, Iowa's largest newspaper, reported early Friday evening that it has been barred from attending a Donald Trump campaign event in Iowa after the paper's editorial board called on him to drop out of the race.

A Register article said Friday that the Trump campaign had informed the paper that its reporters were not welcome at The Make America Great Again Rally and Family Picnic on Saturday in Oskaloosa. The campaign denied them press credentials, reporters said.

"We are disappointed that Mr. Trump's campaign has taken the unusual step of excluding Register reporters from covering his campaign event in Iowa on Saturday because he was displeased with our editorial," Register editor Amalie Nash said in a statement to her paper. "We hope Mr. Trump's campaign will revisit its decision instead of making punitive decisions because we wrote something critical of him."​

Apparently T-Rump doesn't understand the 1st Amendment and therefore is unqualified to be president.

The 1st Amendment states that the government shall not abridge freedom of speech or freedom of the press.

T-Rump might have the right to exclude the media from his campaign events for the highest office in the land but the message he is sending is that he can't handle legitimate criticism and will abuse the power of his office in the event that we were to be elected as POTUS.

Needless to say his sycophantic supporters will agree with his thin-skinned attitude and defend it but none of them understand anything about the Constitution outside of the 2nd Amendment anyway.

For those with a better grasp of the problem here please feel free to provide your own input regarding T-Rump's actions.

Oh, you mean like Obama does with almost everyone? Or how about Hitlery and how she has been so forthcoming? How many questions has she actually answered in the months she's been running?

Epic thread fail dude...truly epic.

Why do you think this is a thread fail?

Really, I mean that quite seriously.

Are we not, as adults, able to handle one subject at a time without quid-pro-quos ruling the day?

I put out a thread on this as well: it's news, it's discussion-worthy.

And if you think so little of Clinton or Obama because of perceived transgressions against the media, where is your disdain for the Trumpublican?

BTW, nice to see you here today. I hope you are doing well and prospering.

Stat

Because Trump is controlling the media instead of the other way around. Personally I can't stand the man but he has shown the media to be the biased asshats that they truly are. DT here calls trump out on that but completely ignores the fact that Obama has done worse. And that after promising to be the most open and available admin in the history of this country. Instead he has done the opposite.

The same goes for hitlery, she hasn't answered a real question since she got started. She controls every aspect of media even getting in the fucking room with her and DT blissfully ignores that fact.

So, yes, this is an epic thread fail.

And I thank you for the kind words and I hope you are doing well too! Tou posted that excellent thread by Nate Silver, thanks for that!

 

[JimH52]

If you want a dictator, do elect Trump. He is not used to hearing the word NO!