Trump Is Damaging Press Freedom in the U.S. and Abroad

[Sr.Urbanist]

Do you remember the CNN putting a Halo over Hillary's head?



Trump just gave them what they deserved. Now they can cry and whine about it for another four long years.

I did not.  I did not vote for her, either. To be fair ... Trump did raise good point about the system being stacked against the Sanders.  I voted Stein (Green Party).

[Idrisu]

Trump did not attack the media as is spreading around on media. I watched the program live on cnn. He said " I am not against the media  but against the fake news media house". I was telling my friend that CNN is fake news because immediately trump said am against the fake news, CNN post on their breaking news that "Trump attack the media again".

[Maximilian_333]

Trump makes statements that contradict one another. It is not possible to understand. It seems to me that he did not quite understand what he says. His attacks on the press more similar to the reaction of offended little child than the reaction of the President of America.

[Sr.Urbanist]

Trump did not attack the media as is spreading around on media. I watched the program live on cnn. He said " I am not against the media  but against the fake news media house". I was telling my friend that CNN is fake news because immediately trump said am against the fake news, CNN post on their breaking news that "Trump attack the media again".

It's frustrating because I work in government and it's important for the media to say things how they want and not you.  My blood pressure goes up 20 pt when they write "bicyclists" and not "person riding a bicycle." But it's important they don't just copy verbatum what the government wants them to say, but gets other perspectives.

Good for CNN.  The media needs to be free to say as they please.

[BADecker]

White House: Feds will step up marijuana law enforcement

"I do believe you will see greater enforcement of it," White House press secretary Sean Spicer said regarding federal drug laws, which still list marijuana as an illegal substance.

That's a reversal from the Obama administration's stance, which laid out in an official memo that the federal government wouldn't interfere in states where nonmedical use of marijuana is allowed.

That guidance was issued after two states -- Colorado and Washington -- voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana. Obama said in the immediate aftermath of those votes that the federal government had "bigger fish to fry" than cracking down on marijuana use in states where it's considered legal.

Most drug enforcement operations are carried out by state and local authorities, with little involvement by the federal government. Enforcing marijuana laws has been considered a lower priority for federal drug agents, who have remained focused on curbing narcotics trafficking and combating a nationwide epidemic of opioid abuse.

Read more and listen to the video at http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/white-house-marijuana-donald-trump-pot/.


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President Trump: Legalizing Drugs Will End the Violent Cartels

If you didn't hear about this, it's because virtually the entire mainstream media has been silent about it. The mainstream media is owned by just six corporations and relies for the bulk of its funding on pharmaceutical advertisers.

In a report from High Times, President Trump is referenced as stating that he is "a hundred percent" in favor of medical marijuana and added that legalizing it is "good in some ways."

The comment was made during an interview conducted by Bill O'Reilly while Trump was still a candidate, and indicated to many people that he had an open mind on the matter.

Read more at http://livingresistance.com/2017/02/22/president-trump-legalizing-drugs-will-end-violent-cartels/.

[Sithara007]

Trump did not attack the media as is spreading around on media. I watched the program live on cnn. He said " I am not against the media  but against the fake news media house". I was telling my friend that CNN is fake news because immediately trump said am against the fake news, CNN post on their breaking news that "Trump attack the media again".

This is not the first time it has happened. The liberal media outlets such as CNN, BBC, and MSNBC have intentionally misrepresented and lied about Trump's views, and have taken his quotes out of context. They should be ashamed of themselves.

[Hazir]

This is not the first time it has happened. The liberal media outlets such as CNN, BBC, and MSNBC have intentionally misrepresented and lied about Trump's views, and have taken his quotes out of context. They should be ashamed of themselves.

This is the truth. Please stop believing that major news TV channels are speaking the truth. Media are not free and are controlled and owned by just six corporations.
They manipulate the truth, lie and distort reality to back up their crooked narration. Even Facebook and other social media services has advanced censorship build in.
Mainstream Media has been against Trump from the start, there were shredding his image by using omissions, lies and scripting.

[BCEmporium]

Trump is not damaging any press freedom, he's playing a game where press damages itself.

Confuse? Well, let me unfold this:

- The crying babies that can't get to WH aren't losing their "press freedom", because get into a place isn't part of it - it's like if something happened at your place and you don't let a reporter get into your house; it's your right. Losing press freedom would be if they were forced to write something on someway.

Moving on:

His intent is to provoke the press into do what it has been doing since he became candidate to be candidate to POTUS: let press chasing its tail.
For an instance, we're now seeing a lot of debate about Fake News and press start shouting their Facts. Well, Fake News aren't necessarily fake, they might be just irrelevant, as irrelevant news aren't news to start with - such as making a fuss around his hair or whatever in an attempt to portrait him as a something.
When the press engages this methods for too long it slowly burns its credibility, burns itself.

[Sithara007]

Trump is not damaging any press freedom, he's playing a game where press damages itself.

Confuse? Well, let me unfold this:

- The crying babies that can't get to WH aren't losing their "press freedom", because get into a place isn't part of it - it's like if something happened at your place and you don't let a reporter get into your house; it's your right. Losing press freedom would be if they were forced to write something on someway.

Moving on:

His intent is to provoke the press into do what it has been doing since he became candidate to be candidate to POTUS: let press chasing its tail.
For an instance, we're now seeing a lot of debate about Fake News and press start shouting their Facts. Well, Fake News aren't necessarily fake, they might be just irrelevant, as irrelevant news aren't news to start with - such as making a fuss around his hair or whatever in an attempt to portrait him as a something.
When the press engages this methods for too long it slowly burns its credibility, burns itself.

I have seen opinion polls which say that the majority of the American people distrust the mainstream media. That validates your point. The media tycoons must realize that they can't fool everyone for too long.

[bustedsynx]

Proliferation of news media means that Americans can now easily find sources to confirm their pre-existing opinions and others which do not support their views and, as a result, seem to be outrageously biased and distorted. One person’s uncontestable truth is another’s “fake news.” As a result, when President Trump attacks the media, he is preaching to a substantial audience of people who are already converted.

[BCEmporium]

@Sithara007,

I don't think it's around the tycoons, but foot reporters. You see, "education" and "brain washing" are nearly synonyms, and most reporters and youth is being brain washed into several views by more or less successful campaigns. You pull their brain washed triggers and they start to act like cockroaches looking for any spot to attack you. Brain washed people tends to become aggressive when their beliefs are put to contest - not an exclusive of religious people.

Like this about the transgender bathrooms. This awkward campaign for their "cause" was input to "education" as something meaningful, mostly by sophism, a rhetoric that should be long dead with Socrates, but 2500 years after it is still in place. It was put in a way that looks like is something to "feel like a woman" (or man) but they never got to think what "feel like woman/man" stands for... and that would be absolutely nothing, it's even odd that someone thinks women or men feels different of each other - other than biological function no surgery can mimic.

[gabmen]

Trump did not attack the media as is spreading around on media. I watched the program live on cnn. He said " I am not against the media  but against the fake news media house". I was telling my friend that CNN is fake news because immediately trump said am against the fake news, CNN post on their breaking news that "Trump attack the media again".

This is not the first time it has happened. The liberal media outlets such as CNN, BBC, and MSNBC have intentionally misrepresented and lied about Trump's views, and have taken his quotes out of context. They should be ashamed of themselves.

I think so too. People who obviously are against trump are pulling the strings here to make trump look bad. Even duringbthe campaign period, i saw selective news that if viewed from a different angle, would definitely have a different meaning and can easily be misinterpreted. I'm not a trump supporter but i can tell when a person is deliberately being pulled down

[Spendulus]

Trump did not attack the media as is spreading around on media. I watched the program live on cnn. He said " I am not against the media  but against the fake news media house". I was telling my friend that CNN is fake news because immediately trump said am against the fake news, CNN post on their breaking news that "Trump attack the media again".

This is not the first time it has happened. The liberal media outlets such as CNN, BBC, and MSNBC have intentionally misrepresented and lied about Trump's views, and have taken his quotes out of context. They should be ashamed of themselves.

I think so too. People who obviously are against trump are pulling the strings here to make trump look bad. Even duringbthe campaign period, i saw selective news that if viewed from a different angle, would definitely have a different meaning and can easily be misinterpreted. I'm not a trump supporter but i can tell when a person is deliberately being pulled down

Coming on the heels of eight years of the media uncritically praising Obama and his lies, such as "If you like your doctor you can keep your doctcor," the media is not going to find much sympathy.

[MattScott]

Trump did not attack the media as is spreading around on media. I watched the program live on cnn. He said " I am not against the media  but against the fake news media house". I was telling my friend that CNN is fake news because immediately trump said am against the fake news, CNN post on their breaking news that "Trump attack the media again".

This is not the first time it has happened. The liberal media outlets such as CNN, BBC, and MSNBC have intentionally misrepresented and lied about Trump's views, and have taken his quotes out of context. They should be ashamed of themselves.

I think so too. People who obviously are against trump are pulling the strings here to make trump look bad. Even duringbthe campaign period, i saw selective news that if viewed from a different angle, would definitely have a different meaning and can easily be misinterpreted. I'm not a trump supporter but i can tell when a person is deliberately being pulled down

The media are working people too. Moreover, they constantly monitor the activities of political parties and figures and so I know more information than other people. Why do you think they can't work to have an opinion. If they knew from the beginning that Trump is a clown why should they increase his rating?

[squatz1]

This is just another one of the false narratives that the left attempts to spew, they're going to say that Trump is "Destroying the 1st amendment" "Destroying Free Speech" and so on and so forth, but they're just trying to hide the fact that the MSM today is one of the most biased and disgusting organizations out their. They've turned into a political machine for the democratic party (minus FOX) and the left feels they must protect them from losing their grasp and power as it affects them too.

Trump isnt damaging press freedom but he is wary and alarmed about how press are being controlled by politics. Press are no longer free but gives a biased report due to the control of their masters who are also in politics. Hilary Clinton has a huge connection and control on the majority of the News networks in the United States of America and she is using it to destroy Trump. It is right for Trump to target the current condition of the media which is no longer free but corrupted by politics.

Press has never been free and free of bias, it's just now that the people have had their eyes opened relating to how biased and political the press really is.

[allthingsluxury]

The MSM has completely discredited themselves to the majority of Americans and the world. There is a reason why they have a historically low approval rating. They went 100% in the tank for Hillary and lost big time. They are still in war mode and they need to realize that they need to come back to reality. They lost. Move on, or they risk completely discrediting themselves.

You can't blame Trump for attempting to strike back against they completely biased, globalist stooges.

[Marcus_2017]

The MSM has completely discredited themselves to the majority of Americans and the world. There is a reason why they have a historically low approval rating. They went 100% in the tank for Hillary and lost big time. They are still in war mode and they need to realize that they need to come back to reality. They lost. Move on, or they risk completely discrediting themselves.

You can't blame Trump for attempting to strike back against they completely biased, globalist stooges.

Actually, this problem should be approached comprehensively. I wouldn't deny an interest in the victory of Trump, but at the same time we should not exaggerate the Russian track. I think that Russia probably has an impact on the environment than Trump himself. In any case, Russia is and always will be an enemy of America.

[BCEmporium]

Russia is and always will be an enemy a rival of America.

Let's put it this way, they never engaged or been at war with each other, they're both super-powers trying to keep their political spheres.

[criptix]

Russia is and always will be an enemy a rival of America.

Let's put it this way, they never engaged or been at war with each other, they're both super-powers trying to keep their political spheres.

Cold war had enough proxy wars between them.

[BCEmporium]

They will undermine each other attempts, but not in a way of direct engaging each other. Specially because that would pulverize them both along with half of the planet. Would be just senseless.