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Is it though? News organizations have always chosen which portions of presidents' speeches/conferences to broadcast. They've always made editorial decisions as
by CogitoCogito 6y ago
Is it though? News organizations have always chosen which portions of presidents' speeches/conferences to broadcast. They've always made editorial decisions as to which parts they consider important. This is just seems like another dimension to that sort of consideration.
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- formerly_proven 6y agoHow often did CNN cut-off a live transmission of POTUS speech to interject that POTUS is literally lying before Trump came along?
- CogitoCogito 6y ago> How often did CNN cut-off a live transmission of POTUS speech to interject that POTUS is literally lying before Trump came along? How often has CNN's editorial staff found presidents to repeat what CNN considers to be blatant provable lies in the past? I mean what are they supposed to do? I agree that this sort of thing is unprecedented, but in many ways Trump is unprecedented.
- afavour 6y agoThere’s a base assertion in your comment that all Presidents should be treated equally. If one President lies by an order of magnitude more than other Presidents, shouldn’t they be treated differently?