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Donald Trump Threatens to Shut Down NBC and Other TV News Networks That Criticize Him

posted by FatPhil on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the unsafe-at-any-typing-speed dept.

DeathMonkey brings us this story from The Independent:

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.

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by jmorris on Thursday October 19 2017, @08:41PM (7 children)

    by jmorris (4844) on Thursday October 19 2017, @08:41PM (#584864)

    President Bill Clinton [history.com]

    Yes kids, Hillary's husband was really POTUS for eight long years.

    p.s. Do yer own danged googling. Start with the OKC Bombing and Clinton's speech on the subject, then his attempt to reimpose the "Fairness Doctrine" (what an example of Orwellian language) with the express intent to silence talk radio.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @08:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @08:54PM (#584874)

    Welp, I wasted time on that video.

    First 3+ minutes (of 3.5 total) were simple political feel good garbage "america yay, we're great, we can conquer our problems, blah blah, work until work is done, scripture lel blah dee blah". I dislike his "god wills it" bullshit, but aside from that there is NOTHING in there about putting back the Fairness Doctrine. "reimpose, Orwellian, intent to silence"

    You're full of it as usual, stinky stupid shit.

  • (Score: 5, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 19 2017, @09:28PM (4 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday October 19 2017, @09:28PM (#584904) Journal

    p.s. Do yer own danged googling. Start with the OKC Bombing and Clinton's speech on the subject...

    Ok, I will. Here's the transcript. [americanrhetoric.com]

    You are lying.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @10:02PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @10:02PM (#584930)

      so uh hey i waited a bit but where is jmorris's reply?

      is there another link?

      at first I thought he was just trying to prove the bill clinton WAS president, but it seems like that wasn't contested. that's all that there was in the link that matched what he wrote, so i was hoping maybe he picked the wrong president? was there another one that he had in mind--one that actually tried to do as he claimed?

      i mean besides the current one. i think we're not arguing that right

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @10:06AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @10:06AM (#585160)

      Clinton's proposal to ban AM talk radio is in the footnotes: "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers." (my emphasis)

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @11:00AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @11:00AM (#585173)

      "Well, you either ought to have the fairness doctrine or you ought to have more balance on the other side," Clinton said, "because essentially there has always been a lot of big money to support the right wing talk shows."

      Clinton cited the "blatant drumbeat" against the stimulus program from conservative talk radio, saying it doesn't reflect economic reality.

      "I think we need to have either more balance in the programs or some opportunity for people to offer counter-veiling opinions." He said he had not been in favor of getting rid of the fairness doctrine, which the FCC did back in 1987.

      ( http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/bill-clinton-talks-re-imposing-fairness-doctrine-or-least-more-balance-media/55678 [broadcastingcable.com] )

      • (Score: 2) by jmorris on Friday October 20 2017, @05:18PM

        by jmorris (4844) on Friday October 20 2017, @05:18PM (#585320)

        Thank you. I knew he had said it because I am old enough to remember him saying it, but Google has increasing difficulty finding things, especially that predate the widespread dump of all news onto the Net.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @10:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @10:09PM (#584936)

    If there is no greater proof that Jmorris is a shill just keep an eye on the sheer amount of lies he spews. That or he's just following the alt-right / GOP playbook of trying to lie his way to success. Jmorris care to explain all your lies? Or will silence be the only thing we ever get when you're called out on your bullshit?

    Please tell us about the real you, or will you get fired? Do you consider yourself a US citizen?