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Free press isn't free under White House's onerous rules (Editorial)
Muzzling the press is chapter one in the authoritarian ruler's playbook. By the Founders' design, the president of the United States is not a king or dictator. He doesn't control the media, or get to decide which reporters are assigned to cover him.
A free press isn't free if the government imposes rules on what reporters can ask and how they must ask it. That violates the First Amendment. Period.
Banning reporters from asking follow-up questions or challenging the president's statements, under threat of taking away their access to the White House, hobbles the watchdog function of the media. White House reporters will be looking over their shoulders, calibrating the consequences, every time they ask tough questions. Meanwhile, the president will be able to dodge accountability and lie to the American people with even more impunity.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @12:38AM (4 children)
If the President gets to chose which journalist free news organisations get to send (or not send) to press conferences for them, then this is a clear and evident violation of the spirit of the first amendement. Only a total and complete fanatic blinded by pure tribalism cannot see this.
How much longer are you going to try to polish that turd ? Trump is filth. Pure filth. He is a compulsive liar, con-man, psychopath, narcissist and chronically immature man-child. And he's been that way for more than four decades. He has no compassion, no empathy, not a single redeeming quality.
Look, I get it. He was the only choice, in your eyes Clinton was worse, yada yada yada. I could marginally understand that you felt like you had no other choice, that he was the lesser evil, etc.
But that you keep defending that sack of pus is beyond logic, beyond reason, beyond common sense, beyond the most basic shred of human decency.
(Score: 2) by epitaxial on Saturday November 24 2018, @06:02AM (1 child)
What makes you assume I support Trump? I'm just pointing out it was one single press pass and not the entire network.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @04:01PM
I felt bad for the lady responsible for passing the microphone around when she attempted to get her microphone and the selfimportant asshole though he was more important than that. If I was there I would have punched him in the face and handed her the microphone and then say something cool to the guy like "Here's a tissue, you've got blod on your face". Then she would be impressed by me and we would get married and fly away on my dragon to the forgotten land of Eternia where He-Man would be welcoming us.
(Score: 1) by ChrisMaple on Monday November 26 2018, @12:48AM (1 child)
Trump is frequently rude, and he tramples on your sacred beliefs. Suck it up; most people don't share your sacred beliefs.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 26 2018, @09:54PM
Found the incel.
I'm guessing your romantic approach is similar except in your mind YOU are Der Trumpfenfuhrer.
Suck it up, some people view you tards as the 2nd coming of the Nazi Party.