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Especially because he represents the People, he's basically our auditor, and he's a good auditor because the government employee he was auditing was trying to g
by komali2 8y ago
Especially because he represents the People, he's basically our auditor, and he's a good auditor because the government employee he was auditing was trying to get out of answering the questions he's always tried to get out of answering.
The alt-right speaking point right now is that Acosta wasn't respecting the rules of Trump's house or something, that somehow Acosta has to defer to Trump, but that's the equation all backwards. We pay for the house, that's our auditor there demanding answers from our employee.
- creaghpatr 8y agoAs a matter of fact, the "President of the United States" represents the "People", Jim Acosta represents "CNN", which is a "for-profit corporation".
- poulsbohemian 8y agoWhen the POTUS is preventing the freedom of the press, he/she is not representing the people or the Constitution.
- komali2 8y agoRight, we live in a capitalist society, so unlike say a communist nation we don't need to have an "agency of government transparency" or whatever that has the sole responsibility (and the only entity allowed to) of telling the people what the government is up to, we have companies that find a way to generate a profit off this service. There are plenty other public goods entities that are also profitable - hospitals, for example, have to generate profit (though I disagree that this should be necessary). Energy companies. Airline companies. Etc. In any case, CNN was there to ask questions on my behalf. I'm glad, too, because I like government transparency, and I for one don't trust any government to self-report without bias. Hence, auditors.
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