Donald Trump has threatened to shut down NBC and other American networks, saying that they peddle fake news.
"With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!" Mr Trump wrote in a tweet.
Mr Trump's tweet came in response to a story written by NBC, which said that Mr Trump had sought to increase America's nuclear arsenal tenfold after taking a look at a briefing slide that showed stead reduction of the US nuclear arsenal since the 1960s. The story cited three officials who were reportedly in the room when Mr Trump made the comments.
Source: Donald Trump threatens to shut down NBC and other TV news networks that criticise him
(Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday October 19 2017, @08:20PM (1 child)
AC is wrong in some areas, OK in others. It is, as AC pointed out, all about attention.
Part of curing fake news is pointing out CNN is merely a left wing propaganda outlet. Trump has 100% control of the media he is very good at manipulating them into repeating anything he wants them to repeat. He's using the white house to shine a spotlight that makes the cockroaches scatter, or at least complain about how bright the light is. No its not really a FCC license or supreme ct issue, its a "hey would you do me a favor and inform the general public for me, yet again, the meme that CNN equals propaganda? K thx bye" and they do it every time.
Then there's the choir aspect, either making fun of it or shitposting to the choir or whatever. His spotlight kicks sand in the eyes of the eternal blue pills, maybe red pills some folks (probably not many), and gives the red pilled something to laugh about. He's being an entertainer. Politicians have been doing this for ... centuries maybe? Tell em what they want to hear not what you can actually do...
The fact of the matter is leftism is ugly, so pointing it out is inherently helpful to the right.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @01:59AM
Did you have a stroke recently?