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Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« on: December 16, 2018, 05:19:29 pm »
Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts

BY KYLE BALLUCK - 12/16/18 09:07 AM EST 
   
President Trump early Sunday ripped “one sided" and "unfair” media coverage, saying it should be tested in courts.

"A REAL scandal is the one sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like NBC & Democrat spin machines like Saturday Night Live," he tweeted.

"It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials. Should be tested in courts, can’t be legal? Only defame & belittle! Collusion?"

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/421574-trump-unfair-coverage-should-be-tested-in-courts
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2018, 05:25:14 pm »
Yeah, let's have the courts take away freedom of speech and the press because some news outlets don't produce coverage that pleases Mr.  Trump. 
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2018, 10:43:37 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on December 16, 2018, 05:25:14 pm
Yeah, let's have the courts take away freedom of speech and the press because some news outlets don't produce coverage that pleases Mr.  Trump.

This has absolutely no chance of happening but another example of him entertaining his base that I’m sure love this idea
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2018, 10:46:01 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on December 16, 2018, 10:43:37 pm
This has absolutely no chance of happening but another example of him entertaining his base that I’m sure love this idea

The President's supporters are not supportive of a press printing lies as truth @LMAO   Why should we be?
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2018, 11:02:09 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on December 16, 2018, 10:43:37 pm
This has absolutely no chance of happening but another example of him entertaining his base that I’m sure love this idea

I'm sure his fans do.  They think nothing of depriving others of their rights if "others" don't agree with them or don't worship their idol as they do.

Trump has mentioned curbing the media from time to time -- I think the last time he wanted to use libel laws against them.   It pains him that he cannot control the press and he is terrified that his worshipful fans might learn the truth about him and turn on him. 

As to SNL, I guess bits like this are what is setting him off:


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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2018, 11:30:59 pm »
I want Trump to cause as much trouble as he possibly can. Establishment politics is the enemy.
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2018, 11:35:51 pm »
   That was brutal (typical SNL, not funny) but as POTUS he should have thicker skin.
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2018, 01:17:17 am »
Quote from: Dexter on December 16, 2018, 11:30:59 pm
I want Trump to cause as much trouble as he possibly can. Establishment politics is the enemy.


Sorry but the job of the President of the United States is not to cause trouble. 
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2018, 01:19:28 am »
Quote from: kevindavis on December 17, 2018, 01:17:17 am

Sorry but the job of the President of the United States is not to cause trouble.

It is when your government is as corrupt as ours is.
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2018, 01:29:48 am »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on December 16, 2018, 10:46:01 pm
The President's supporters are not supportive of a press printing lies as truth @LMAO   Why should we be?

No one supports a press that’s dishonest. But how would you make sure that the press prints only the “truth?” Bring back the Fairness Doctrine? Have the courts or a government agent review all news for “accuracy”( which would be open for interpretation) before  going out to the news consumers?

I ask in all seriousness
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2018, 01:36:20 am »
Quote from: Applewood on December 16, 2018, 11:02:09 pm
I'm sure his fans do.  They think nothing of depriving others of their rights if "others" don't agree with them or don't worship their idol as they do.

Trump has mentioned curbing the media from time to time -- I think the last time he wanted to use libel laws against them.   It pains him that he cannot control the press and he is terrified that his worshipful fans might learn the truth about him and turn on him. 

As to SNL, I guess bits like this are what is setting him off:


Sorry...

I do recall the days in FR when then candidate Trump suggested revisiting libel laws so he can sue the press when they say mean things about him. Of course, the howls would be deafening if Hillary suggested this.

Look, I know how the press can be and they are unhappy that Trump is president and much of their reporting when it comes to him leaves a lot to be desired. But this idea he tweeted out would be open to all kinds of abuse if it ever came to pass
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2018, 01:41:50 am »
Quote from: Dexter on December 17, 2018, 01:19:28 am
It is when your government is as corrupt as ours is.


My Government??
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2018, 01:42:36 am »
Quote from: kevindavis on December 17, 2018, 01:41:50 am

My Government??

You live in the United States right?
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2018, 01:53:08 am »
   Negative @Dexter , I think @kevindavis is from Californication.
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #14 on: December 17, 2018, 02:08:21 am »
Quote from: corbe on December 16, 2018, 05:19:29 pm
Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts

BY KYLE BALLUCK - 12/16/18 09:07 AM EST 
   
President Trump early Sunday ripped “one sided" and "unfair” media coverage, saying it should be tested in courts.

"A REAL scandal is the one sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like NBC & Democrat spin machines like Saturday Night Live," he tweeted.

"It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials. Should be tested in courts, can’t be legal? Only defame & belittle! Collusion?"

<..snip..>

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/421574-trump-unfair-coverage-should-be-tested-in-courts

I guess he would never do something like go on SNL then, right?


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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2018, 02:22:22 am »
Fairness Doctrine II?

Nothing quite like having the government be the gatekeepers of "truth"...

Anyone calling for this is a fool.
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2018, 10:22:19 am »
It is beginning to look like you can dish it out but you can't take it.  Thicken your skin Mr. President.
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2018, 01:31:11 pm »
Quote from: DB on December 17, 2018, 02:22:22 am
Fairness Doctrine II?

Nothing quite like having the government be the gatekeepers of "truth"...

Anyone calling for this is a fool.

@DB

Hypocrisy and politics goes together like peanut butter and jelly. Now that Trump is president, it’s the left that is demanding a press free of government interference. Too many on the right now are hinting of using either the courts or government to make the press, in their definition, truthful or fair.  When Obama was president, that position was switched.

That makes me even more thankful that the Reagan Administration  dumped the Fairness Doctrine
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2018, 01:45:10 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on December 16, 2018, 11:02:09 pm
Trump has mentioned curbing the media from time to time -- I think the last time he wanted to use libel laws against them.   It pains him that he cannot control the press and he is terrified that his worshipful fans might learn the truth about him and turn on him. 
@Applewood

I am retired so I don't have to be at a job every day, therefore, I watched almost every campaign rally for candidates.  I specifically remember the first time Trump wanted to change libel laws so he could sue news outlets for being "unfair".  Take the word "unfair" out of his vocabulary, and he can't speak.

Unless every person on the planet kisses his feet, he will claim "unfair" and put all the offending people in Cuba Guantanamo prison, "Gitmo".  The only remaining people on the planet will be him and his family - and Putin because he adores Putin.  Let's keep in touch when we get to Gitmo.
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2018, 02:07:04 pm »
Quote from: Victoria33 on December 17, 2018, 01:45:10 pm
@Applewood

I am retired so I don't have to be at a job every day, therefore, I watched almost every campaign rally for candidates.  I specifically remember the first time Trump wanted to change libel laws so he could sue news outlets for being "unfair".  Take the word "unfair" out of his vocabulary, and he can't speak.

Unless every person on the planet kisses his feet, he will claim "unfair" and put all the offending people in Cuba Guantanamo prison, "Gitmo".  The only remaining people on the planet will be him and his family - and Putin because he adores Putin.  Let's keep in touch when we get to Gitmo.

LOL. That's rich. You push the Mod Panic Button whenever someone so much as passes flatulence in your general direction on the board yet you are criticizing the President for doing the same thing on a larger scale. Nice hypocrisy.
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2018, 02:08:30 pm »
Quote from: Victoria33 on December 17, 2018, 01:45:10 pm
@Applewood

I am retired so I don't have to be at a job every day, therefore, I watched almost every campaign rally for candidates.  I specifically remember the first time Trump wanted to change libel laws so he could sue news outlets for being "unfair".  Take the word "unfair" out of his vocabulary, and he can't speak.

Unless every person on the planet kisses his feet, he will claim "unfair" and put all the offending people in Cuba Guantanamo prison, "Gitmo".  The only remaining people on the planet will be him and his family - and Putin because he adores Putin.  Let's keep in touch when we get to Gitmo.

This is why I reside in purgatory.
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2018, 02:14:07 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on December 17, 2018, 02:08:30 pm
This is why I reside in purgatory.

I reside on cloud eight.  Now cloud nine gets all the publicity, but cloud eight actually is cheaper, less crowded, and has a better view.
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2018, 02:17:16 pm »
Quote from: The Ghost on December 17, 2018, 02:14:07 pm
I reside on cloud eight.  Now cloud nine gets all the publicity, but cloud eight actually is cheaper, less crowded, and has a better view.

Interesting. So it's like how Iceland is more temperate than Greenland, but the name makes Iceland sound worse.
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Re: Trump: 'Unfair' coverage should be tested in courts
« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2018, 02:18:21 pm »
Quote from: The Ghost on December 17, 2018, 02:14:07 pm
I reside on cloud eight.  Now cloud nine gets all the publicity, but cloud eight actually is cheaper, less crowded, and has a better view.

Screw that. Cloud 9 has a better floor show....


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« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2018, 02:21:08 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on December 17, 2018, 02:17:16 pm
Interesting. So it's like how Iceland is more temperate than Greenland, but the name makes Iceland sound worse.

Marketing.  It's all in the marketing. 

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