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I'm no fan of trump, but in what way have the media been punished by the office? I get that there have been incendiary tweets indirectly resulting in private c
by dnautics 7y ago
I'm no fan of trump, but in what way have the media been punished by the office?
I get that there have been incendiary tweets indirectly resulting in private citizens being assholes who have made death threats against the media. Clearly trump is an asshole for doing those things. Have there been any official punishments by the authorities that I'm not aware of?
- gonesilent 7y agoPulling press pases, just about ending press conferences, Calling everything fake news. Current admin hates the media unless it reads from it's talking points.
- dnautics 7y agoCalling something fake news is not a punishment (you could construe almost any action done by a president as a punishment for someone under any criteria sufficiently vague as to admit that), and pulling a press pass is hardly a punsihment given how farcical this governments press conferences are. Have any journalists been jailed, murdered, fined, or had a business licence revoked by the state? These things happen, and also in 'civilised' nations like EU member states. If trump has done this I would certainly appreciate knowing so as to criticize the administration for it.
- detritus 7y ago"Calling something fake news is not a punishment" It is when the highest and supposedly most-respected seat in a country undermines the entire validity of the fourth estate in a time when there's no viable replacement. It's a personal, poisonous and Pyrrhic sort of punishment, but it's punishment nonetheless.
- tootie 7y agoThreatening to end Amazon's contract because their owner also owns the WaPo. Also, constant harassment and threats and being labelled enemy of the people.