Trump threatens to target licenses of 'NBC and the Networks' after nuclear arsenal report

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/11/trump-threatens-to-target-licenses-nbc-and-networks-after-nuclear-arsenal-report.html

What a moron.

[kevindavis007]

Imagine the reaction if Obama threatens to target Fox.

[ABX]

Imagine the reaction if Obama threatens to target Fox.

He did; Conservatives blew up.

[kevindavis007]

He did; Conservatives blew up.

But I imagine a lot of people here would welcome this..

[Applewood]

If I remember right, Trump made some noise a while back about altering libel laws to go after alleged "fake news" outlets.  And his supporters just yawned. 

They probably would do the same on this matter too. 

Or we will hear that Trump was only joking.

[DiogenesLamp]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/11/trump-threatens-to-target-licenses-nbc-and-networks-after-nuclear-arsenal-report.html

What a moron.

You are not a moron.  You just say moron things like this. 

Trump is exactly right to do this.  I have been trying to get people to threaten these propaganda bastards for years,  and Trump is finally the man with enough guts to do it! 


The media corporations are our enemy.  They are the propaganda corps for the left in this nation,  and they have been manipulating elections with their lies,  their omissions,  and their spin,  and it's way past time we did a frontal assault on their legitimacy and their continued lawful operation in this country. 

Yes,  pulling their licenses is exactly the appropriate thing to threaten these bastards with.   I would be threatening Federal prosecutions if it were up to me.   I'd have the FEC all over them, I'd have the EEOC all over them,   I would be having the Justice Department bringing anti-trust lawsuits against them,   I would be using whatever power I could bring to bear in an effort to cut their financial throats. 


These are our enemies,  and they have been our enemies since at least the Nixon/Kennedy election,  and probably a lot longer than that.   

We need to stick a knife in them anywhere we can. 

[aligncare]

The first salvo.

[kevindavis007]

You are not a moron.  You just say moron things like this. 

Trump is exactly right to do this.  I have been trying to get people to threaten these propaganda bastards for years,  and Trump is finally the man with enough guts to do it! 


The media corporations are our enemy.  They are the propaganda corps for the left in this nation,  and they have been manipulating elections with their lies,  their omissions,  and their spin,  and it's way past time we did a frontal assault on their legitimacy and their continued lawful operation in this country. 

Yes,  pulling their licenses is exactly the appropriate thing to threaten these bastards with.   I would be threatening Federal prosecutions if it were up to me.   I'd have the FEC all over them, I'd have the EEOC all over them,   I would be having the Justice Department bringing anti-trust lawsuits against them,   I would be using whatever power I could bring to bear in an effort to cut their financial throats. 


These are our enemies,  and they have been our enemies since at least the Nixon/Kennedy election,  and probably a lot longer than that.   

We need to stick a knife in them anywhere we can.

Have you even read the Constitution? 

[driftdiver]

Have you even read the Constitution?

@kevindavis
Here's the problem, our enemies have copies of our Constitution and they are more than willing to use it against us.  What would you propose as a solution to the abuse and lies perpetrated by folks like NBC & CBS under the guise of free speech?

[aligncare]

Have you even read the Constitution? 

Today’s journalists have abdicated their duty under the constitution. There’s no penumbra in the first amendment that would protect the press from deliberate lying to the public.

This from Caroline Little, CEO of the Newspaper Association Of America, in an editorial in the Miami Herald:

“For a society to be responsible and powerful, it must be informed. Our free press, protected by the first constitutional amendment, plays a critical role in ensuring that every American has constant access to important and trustworthy news.”

Read more at: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/speak-up/article1955056.html

Trump is correct for calling out NBC. Broadcasters must meet certain obligations to the public in order to renew their licenses. So, why shouldn’t a news network be held to a simple standard of veracity?

[kevindavis007]

@kevindavis
Here's the problem, our enemies have copies of our Constitution and they are more than willing to use it against us.  What would you propose as a solution to the abuse and lies perpetrated by folks like NBC & CBS under the guise of free speech?

Just ignore them....

[kevindavis007]

Today’s journalists have abdicated their duty under the constitution. There’s no penumbra in the first amendment that would protect the press from deliberate lying to the public.

This from Caroline Little, CEO of the Newspaper Association Of America, in an editorial in the Miami Herald:

“For a society to be responsible and powerful, it must be informed. Our free press, protected by the first constitutional amendment, plays a critical role in ensuring that every American has constant access to important and trustworthy news.”

Read more at: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/speak-up/article1955056.html

Trump is correct for calling out NBC. Broadcasters must meet certain obligations to the public in order to renew their licenses. So, why shouldn’t a news network be held to a simple standard of veracity?

Sorry, but I think the whole broadcast licenses is kinda old and out of date. To be quite honest I don't want the Government to dictate what is fake news and not fake news.

[aligncare]

Imagine the reaction if Obama threatens to target Fox.

If FOX were shown to be deliberately lying? My reaction would be the same.

In early summer The New York Times wrote they would overlook certain journalistic standards in reporting on Trump. And that Trump was so dangerous it was their mission to expose the danger, even if it meant lowering their standard on number of source and on named sources before printing a story.

Now that’s disturbing. But I have no problem with them coming out in opposition administration policies. However, if they are proven to be deliberately lying about material facts, I have a problem with that, as we all should.

[kevindavis007]

If FOX were shown to be deliberately lying? My reaction would be the same.

In early summer The New York Times wrote they would overlook certain journalistic standards in reporting on Trump. And that Trump was so dangerous it was their mission to expose the danger, even if it meant lowering their standard on number of source and on named sources before printing a story.

Now that’s disturbing. But I have no problem with them coming out in opposition to an administration. However, if the are proven to be deliberately lying, that I have a problem with, as we all should.

I don't like the lying but the best thing to do is just ignore them.

[driftdiver]

I don't like the lying but the best thing to do is just ignore them.

Yes thats worked so well these last few decades.

[kevindavis007]

Pulling the Plug on Anti-Chavez TV
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/17/AR2007011702003.html

[RoosGirl]

So which time was Trump lying?  This time or last time?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-exclusive/trump-wants-to-make-sure-u-s-nuclear-arsenal-at-top-of-the-pack-idUSKBN1622IF

Of course Trump has a documented history of wanting to go after the media that is unfavorable to him.  Nothing new there.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

The thing is that it's an idle, blustery threat from a blowhard. It just makes Trump, and his sycophants, look even dumber. Trump is a ballsless freak who would never do that.

[kevindavis007]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Text

[GrouchoTex]

Someone should tell Trump that it is the individual stations, not the networks themselves, who have the license.

You would have thought that Trump, being a TV guy, might have known this.

[Bigun]

Someone should tell Trump that it is the individual stations, not the networks themselves, who have the license.

You would have thought that Trump, being a TV guy, might have known this.

He knows.

[driftdiver]

So putting them out of business is the solution? 

Not just no, but hell no. 

We have freedom of the press in this country.  And it's not just for news sources we like or who write favorable news about "our guy."

@Applewood
Letting enemies of the country continue their propaganda war against us?

Same result and the govt shutting them down just takes longer and is much much more painful and would hit us all.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

@Applewood
Letting enemies of the country continue their propaganda war against us?

We have something called freedom of speech,[edit].

[Edit by Mod1]

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

He knows.

I don't think he does.

[Applewood]

The thing is that it's an idle, blustery threat from a blowhard. It just makes Trump, and his sycophants, look even dumber. Trump is a ballsless freak who would never do that.

Yes, it probably is.  But I find it alarming that so many people would go along with the idea if it could be done.  They are so willing to trash the Constitution to protect their hero.