President Donald Trump criticized the media again on Friday while speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
Trump claimed it was wrongly reported that he called the media the “enemy of the people” last week, saying he’d actually called “fake news” the enemy. But he has branded such reputable media outlets as the The New York Times, CNN, NBC and others “fake news.”
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Sometimes you have to be outside the forest to see the trees Although I am not an American-born I am a North American Canadian who spent 18 years in America and have many American friends..
I am deeply concerned about what's happening with this new administration.
Today Trump announced that he was banding CNN and several other newsgroups from a White House briefing.
"CNN and several other newsgroups banned from a White House briefing"
Why because CNN has been the biggest critic of Trump since he began campaigning and rightly so.
I'm sure there will be front-row seats on the other hand, for all the Blondes showing more legs than good news from Fox news and other similar agencies.
This is the type of actions that Hitler took against press organizations, etc. It is typical of a dictatorship style leadership.
Another news item caught my eye today.
The state of Arizona has just passed a law that if you are involved in organizing a protest that turns violent you could be charged with a criminal offense and you can lose your house and everything you own under anti-racketeering law.
My fellow Americans, although I am not American. I am a North American, Canadian and deeply concerned about the downhill slope that is being developed by this arrogant boisterous, self admitted grouper who is using small percentage of the population, the ignorant rednecks, to make his way without congressional approval.
Millions of young men and women lost their life defending America's right to freedom of press now with one swoop of a pen your new dictator has started a process which you may find years now is the beginning of the end of the American democracy as we know it today.
Please voice your opinion and support any groups that have as a goal to remove this god awful president as soon as possible with non-lethal means.
“I love the First Amendment. Nobody loves it better than me,” he said.
By Paige Lavender
President Donald Trump criticized the media again on Friday while speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
Trump claimed it was wrongly reported that he called the media the “enemy of the people” last week, saying he’d actually called “fake news” the enemy. But he has branded such reputable media outlets as the The New York Times, CNN, NBC and others “fake news.”
The president argued that the First Amendment gives him “the right to criticize fake news and criticize it strongly.”
“[The media] say that we can’t criticize their dishonest coverage because of the First Amendment,” Trump said.
“I love the First Amendment. Nobody loves it better than me,” he added.
Trump also said he thinks news outlets should not use anonymous sources, despite using them himself to make claims that have been proven false.
The president’s comments were likely a thinly veiled jab at CNN. The news outlet recently wrote that the FBI had rejected a White House request to dispute reports that Trump’s campaign team had contacted Russian officials prior to the election.
Trump’s war with the media is “going to get worse,” Trump adviser Steve Bannon said Thursday at CPAC.
“Every day is going to be a fight,” Bannon said.
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