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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: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Friday October 20 2017, @01:06AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 20 2017, @01:06AM (#585029) Journal

    Yet, there's no fundamental need for an organization that is based on coercion.

    Unless, of course, an organization already exists to steal, extort, etc by coercion, such as a gang. We already have examples in Eastern Europe of what happens when official governments crumble and citizens of the country refuse to pick up the slack. You are running afoul of human nature.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @06:45AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @06:45AM (#585135)

    What could your point possibly be?

    None of this stops people from realizing the continuing trauma (coercion), and then deciding something different (libertarianism).

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday October 20 2017, @01:29PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 20 2017, @01:29PM (#585213) Journal

      None of this stops people from realizing the continuing trauma (coercion), and then deciding something different (libertarianism).

      In the real world, a lot of people will decide against libertarianism. Safety over freedom.