Conway: When will reporters who 'talked smack' be fired?

[kevindavis007]

Kellyanne Conway in an interview Sunday slammed the media, asking when network reporters will be fired over their coverage of the Trump administration.


"Who is cleaning house? Which one is going to be the first network to get rid of these people, the people who think things were just not true?" Conway asked on "Fox News Sunday."


Conway, a key adviser to President Trump, criticized networks for their coverage of her "alternative facts" statement one week ago, noting that there were other things she said in Sunday show interviews that could have been the reporters' focus.


"I went on three network shows and spoke for 35 minutes on three network Sunday shows. You know what got picked? The fact that I said 'alternative facts,' not the fact that I ripped a new one to some of those hosts that they never cover the facts that matter," Conway said.


"Not one network person has been let go. Not one silly political analyst and pundit who talked smack all day long about Donald Trump has been let go," she added. "I'm too polite to mention their names, but they know who they are, and they are all wondering who will be the first to go. The election was three months ago. None of them have been let go."


Read More: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/316750-conway-on-the-media-when-are-they-going-to-fire-these-reporters


I wonder if Conway has read the Bill of Rights??

[jmyrlefuller]

I'm starting to see why Donald Trump hired this woman. She's just as self-centered and childish as he is.

[kevindavis007]

I'm starting to see why Donald Trump hired this woman. She's just as self-centered and childish as he is.

Yep...

[Applewood]

First it's an illegal edict barring entry into the US from certain countries.  Now Trump and his cohorts want to destroy  freedom of the press.

I was willing to give Trump some time to win me over.  But in 2 weeks, he and his accomplices have managed to alienate me further.  I don't like him or his people at all.  Not sure I'm going to like the America he wants to shape.  Obama slmodt destroyed America in 8 years.  Trump is on course to finish the job in a lot less time.

[kevindavis007]

First it's an illegal edict barring entry into the US from certain countries.  Now Trump and his cohorts want to destroy  freedom of the press.

I was willing to give Trump some time to win me over.  But in 2 weeks, he and his accomplices have managed to alienate me further.  I don't like him or his people at all.  Not sure I'm going to like the America he wants to shape.  Obama slmodt destroyed America in 8 years.  Trump is on course to finish the job in a lot less time.

But talk radio is liking this cause he is going after the media. I'm not a fan of the media, but I think there are more pressing issues that the President has to face.

[HonestJohn]

When the executive branch of the federal government pays the salaries of these reporters, then the President can set the rules and fire them for nor following them.

As people understand this concept, I'd have to ask why she - and by extension, Trump - want a nationalized press?

[INVAR]

The zeitgeist started by Obama and the Democrats and their media oligarchs has been to "nationalize the press" ala having the government license who is and whom is NOT to be considered a journalist, and therefore who has and does not have First Amendment rights of free speech and press.

Trump is just taking the already-rolling-ball and steering it into his own lane.

Ultimately the government will decide what press is journalism, and which is not - based solely on those whom applaud and worship the Regime in power.

And the Sheeple applaud like seals - because it's THEIR guy and THEIR regime making the demand for a 'pure and truthful media' as long as it's a sycophant to whomever is on the throne.

[txradioguy]

Surely she's not that naive.

[kevindavis007]

The zeitgeist started by Obama and the Democrats and their media oligarchs has been to "nationalize the press" ala having the government license who is and whom is NOT to be considered a journalist, and therefore who has and does not have First Amendment rights of free speech and press.

Trump is just taking the already-rolling-ball and steering it into his own lane.

Ultimately the government will decide what press is journalism, and which is not - based solely on those whom applaud and worship the Regime in power.

And the Sheeple applaud like seals - because it's THEIR guy and THEIR regime making the demand for a 'pure and truthful media' as long as it's a sycophant to whomever is on the throne.

The last thing we need is a nationalize media..


The sad part is that Talk Radio is loving Trump's attack on the media.

[Cripplecreek]

If the media wants to hire someone who suggests that Trump is having carnal relations with goats in the rose garden they can.

Discernment is up to the people.

[Frank Cannon]

First it's an illegal edict barring entry into the US from certain countries.

Ya don't say.....

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182

[Cripplecreek]

The last thing we need is a nationalize media..


The sad part is that Talk Radio is loving Trump's attack on the media.

One of the things that bothers me is the propaganda I keep seeing on twitter claiming that Thomas Jefferson called for using the law to silence media. Despite Jefferson's legendary dislike of the press he was just as adamant that they be free and even pointed to their falsehoods as a symbol of American freedom.

[kevindavis007]

One of the things that bothers me is the propaganda I keep seeing on twitter claiming that Thomas Jefferson called for using the law to silence media. Despite Jefferson's legendary dislike of the press he was just as adamant that they be free and even pointed to their falsehoods as a symbol of American freedom.

Yep..

[HonestJohn]

One of the things that bothers me is the propaganda I keep seeing on twitter claiming that Thomas Jefferson called for using the law to silence media. Despite Jefferson's legendary dislike of the press he was just as adamant that they be free and even pointed to their falsehoods as a symbol of American freedom.

It was John Adams that tried to do so as second President with his Sedition act.  It made it a crime to publish "false, scandalous, and malicious writing" against the government or its officials.

Jefferson campaigned against that.

[kevindavis007]

It was John Adams that tried to do so as second President with his Sedition act.  It made it a crime to publish "false, scandalous, and malicious writing" against the government or its officials.

What Adams tried to do was wrong.

[Cripplecreek]

It was John Adams that tried to do so as second President with his Sedition act.  It made it a crime to publish "false, scandalous, and malicious writing" against the government or its officials.

Jefferson campaigned against that.

Jefferson did some publishing himself as well.

[HonestJohn]

What Adams tried to do was wrong.

This.

And anyone pushing such a thing (or anything similar)... and anyone supporting those that do are wrong.

[the_doc]

I wonder if Conway has read the Bill of Rights??

It follows from the First Amendment's Freedom of the Press that the press is allowed to be a bunch of jerks.  In most cases, they even get to lie without suffering criminal penalties.  The  media certainly don't have to fire anyone just because an aide for the POTUS says that they ought to be fired.  Conway knows that.

However, I think Conway's status as a spokesman for the POTUS does not abridge her right to Freedom of Speech (especially considering that her insistence that unethical journalists ought to be fired carries no real force to compel the firings anyway).

I think Conway is saying something that needs to be said.  Freedom of the Press aside, the MSM ought to be called out for monumentally serious violations of ethics.  And I say that even though I am, and always will be, a NeverTrumper.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

they even get to lie without suffering criminal penalties.

Tell that to Gawker. I believe the whole notion that the press can say whatever they want started with Goldwater's psychological lawsuit. It's a relatively recent phenomenon and it may not last long. I can't see why the press should be exempt from liable just because they're reporting on politics. And yes I know I agree with Trump on this.

[Cripplecreek]

Tell that to Gawker. I believe the whole notion that the press can say whatever they want started with Goldwater's psychological lawsuit. It's a relatively recent phenomenon and it may not last long. I can't see why the press should be exempt from liable just because they're reporting on politics. And yes I know I agree with Trump on this.

So what penalty should there be for a pathological liar of a president?

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

So what penalty should there be for a pathological liar of a president?

Depends on the lie doesn't it? 

[kevindavis007]

Tell that to Gawker. I believe the whole notion that the press can say whatever they want started with Goldwater's psychological lawsuit. It's a relatively recent phenomenon and it may not last long. I can't see why the press should be exempt from liable just because they're reporting on politics. And yes I know I agree with Trump on this.

To be honest, I'm getting sick and tired of media bashing..  It is getting old and tiresome.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

To be honest, I'm getting sick and tired of media bashing..  It is getting old and tiresome.

"Conservatives" have been hiding behind "it's the librul media's fault" for a long time now.

[Cripplecreek]

To be honest, I'm getting sick and tired of media bashing..  It is getting old and tiresome.

Its become an excuse to avoid real issues.

[Cripplecreek]

"Conservatives" have been hiding behind "it's the librul media's fault" for a long time now.

The media was just as hostile with Ronald Reagan. The real difference is that we now have 24/7 news and social media but that doesn't mean a politician should waste a lot of time in petty fights with them.