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posted by FatPhil on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:47PM   Printer-friendly
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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


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by khallow on Friday October 20 2017, @01:17AM (3 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 20 2017, @01:17AM (#585034) Journal

    Can you even imagine the epic shitstorm that would have ensued if Obama said something like that?

    We don't have to wonder. Obama did similar things several times, such as spying on news agencies, or punishing information leaks in illegal ways. Not much was made of the issue other than to occasionally note [washingtonpost.com] that it's happening.

    But the Obama administration itself has been part of a different know-nothing problem. It has kept the news media — and therefore the public — in the dark far too much over the past 7 1/2 years.

    After early promises to be the most transparent administration in history, this has been one of the most secretive. And in certain ways, one of the most elusive. It’s also been one of the most punitive toward whistleblowers and leakers who want to bring light to wrongdoing they have observed from inside powerful institutions.

    Now, Trump has that power. And so will future presidents (many whom will be similarly iffy presidents) unless it is somehow revoked. But where was the epic shitstorm?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @01:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @01:53AM (#585049)

    When things are hidden it is hard to develop an epic shitstorm. I didn't like Obama pretty early into his terms, but I only knew about some of the most minor infractions apparently. Even now people are pissed, but there is no process for citizens to get redress. Contacting congressman is a joke, protesting seems to do nothing, occupy was subverted and the media did a great job of marginalizing them. False flag shit by the 3 letters, abuses of power for anyone who becomes too much of a problem.

    Gee, I wonder why nothing happens!? Oh yeah, the standing rock bit, that was some clear examples of media and law enforcement marginalizing people. It was almost amusing to see how hard they had to try to find flaws to make the protesters look bad.

    Did you post stories about Obama's negative shit? Did a bunch of liberal types defend his bad actions? Is there some reason Obama's shitty terms are relevant to Trump's ridiculously worse kickoff? No, you just want to equivocate so your team doesn't seem so bad. Sorry, but it is that bad, and no amount of bullshit from a Democrat will change that.

  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Friday October 20 2017, @02:47AM (1 child)

    by edIII (791) on Friday October 20 2017, @02:47AM (#585079)

    It's nice to see someone bring that up. Too many people forget that Obama ushered in a dark era when it came citizen's privacy, and indeed, civil rights. While people were loving a hip black President, they didn't notice he never followed through on those promises. Or that we never left war. Or that the NSA/AT&T people were never touched. Or the Patriot Act didn't get touched, but extended. Or that Constitutional Free Zones existed, what they were, how many people were under them, and that many of your rights were abrogated in them.

    Yeah, going after the whistle blowers instead of thanking them for their courage solidly put him in the authoritarian category.

    It will awhile before people can have an honest discussion about that President. His hipness and faked progressive agenda, while admittedly being a President for LGBTQ, makes him largely unassailable. Apparently it's a really good idea to be a good looking populist charmer when you're going to con your fellow citizens.

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    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday October 20 2017, @04:34AM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday October 20 2017, @04:34AM (#585108) Journal

      Not me. I feel unabashed about calling him out for the useless POS he was. He had a chance to redeem his piss poor record by pardoning snowden because a presidential pardon is absolute and does not have to win approval in a legislative branch controlled by the opposition. But he fucked that up, the simpering coward and/or master-of-the-universe wannabe. He could have gone after bush & cheney for their war crimes, but he didnt. He could have cleansed the CIA with fire over their torture program and extraordinary rendition and black sites, but he didnt. He could have turned the NSA inside out for their crimes, but he didnt. On and on. He didnt even take on wall street, when the vast majority of the country would have voted him best president ever if he had, because those fuckers desperately need to get got. But he didnt. The only positive thing i can say about barack obama was that he didnt mangle the english language like an inbred redneck retard on meth like his immediate predecessor. That's really it.

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