House science chairman: 'Get your news directly from the president'

[TomCADem]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)The chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee is asking Americans to trust the information they get from the President over the news produced by the media.

Republican Rep. Lamar Smith saluted President Donald Trump from the floor of the House on Tuesday evening, rattling off his first-week accomplishments but saying Trump is not getting the press coverage he deserves.

"The national liberal media won't print that, or air it or post it," Smith said. "Better to get your news directly from the President. In fact, it might be the only way to get the unvarnished truth."

Trump has been called out for highlighting falsehoods and conspiracy theories during his political career and has repeatedly attacked the mainstream press as pushing "fake news."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/lamar-smith-donald-trump-news/index.html

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My act of resistance today was to pay for a subscription to The NY Times to support independent news media.

[BeyondGeography]

1. They're drunk

[Cracklin Charlie]

12. Drunken pirates.

[etherealtruth]

25. No, just really, really stupid

[Blue_Tires]

2. Mafia presidency...

Banana Republic...

[susanna]

3. No thanks, Representative Smith. n/t

[Wellstone ruled]

4. No,

this is the Revenge of the Ass-Holes folks.

[Moostache]

4. WTF?!?!?! Trust in the Fuhrer????

I dissent.

This is madness.

[Freethinker65]

6. I'm not a scientist/statistician/lawyer/engineer/etc. put I play one in the Oval Office ...

[ck4829]

7. The President's job is to enforce the laws, not to act as a news medium

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Mr. Smith With All Due Respect, No

Oh, who am i kidding i have no respect for this buffoon whatsoever.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Nothing like fresh bullshit

straight from the orange assclown.

[mnhtnbb]

10. Oh, yes, I prefer my news from a pathological liar over any other source.

[Skittles]

11. FUCKING DELUSIONAL

TRUMP REMINDS ME OF MUSSOLINI

[louis-t]

16. That's because of the all the photos taken from underneath.

Same stupid look on the face. Meant to intimidate.

[Cracklin Charlie]

13. Someone has a tape of Lamar?

[IronLionZion]

14. In that case, time to pay for some subscriptions

Time, Newsweek, Washington Post, ...

We don't need another Russian/North Korea style Pravda

[Lotusflower70]

15. What dafuq?

Trust someone who is muzzling the EPA and denies climate change, hell no!

[Javaman]

17. is baby-man also going to read the comics to us over the radio?

fucking moron

[liberal N proud]

18. What trump is peddling isn't news

And I refuse to accept him as President.

[benld74]

19. He's a Congressman attempting s Henny Youngman type joke

Take your POTUS PLEASE!!!

[bdamomma]

20. This comment

is total BS

"The national liberal media won't print that, or air it or post it," Smith said. "Better to get your news directly from the President. In fact, it might be the only way to get the unvarnished truth."



First the news is not Liberal anymore. What the hell is the "national liberal media"

Second: "the unvarnished truth" that is total BS. He is a fucking con artist, and to trust him. That is total BS.

tRump is unfit for the office and likes to take revenge. I will never bow down to a jerk like this who assaults women and thinks he all that. Not my pResident.

He is unstable and needs to be removed.

[BRMCOne]

21. Make it stop!

OH. MY. GOD.
In Trump we Tru...ok I can't even finish that without throwing up a bit.

I don't even want to know what utter bulls__t is going to come spewing forth next from the Drumpf administration. Its been 5 days, and I feel like they've taken us back hundreds of years. This is the most ridiculous crap I've ever seen or even heard of in my lifetime. And I ain't no spring chicken.

Make it stop!!!

[orleans]

22. oh, it's just LAMAR talking. fuck off lamar -- no one takes you seriously.

actually, that quote is kind of hysterical!

[Angry Dragon]

23. "fake news." ........... Trump watches Fox

[Judi Lynn]

24. You need to shut up and listen to Lamar Smith.

[center]

Lamar knows plenty.

[Disruption]

26. I'm Not An Advocate For

intentional bad policy by our political leaders, but one of the things that Trump does for us all is activate dormant forces. People who were passive or inactive in the passed are now engaged. This counterforce will ultimately be a positive if Trump doesn't blow us all up first.

[Tanuki]

27. Of course he did.

http://www.ontheissues.org/TX/Lamar_Smith.htm

[Buckeye_Democrat]

28. How is that idiot the chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee?!

https://science.house.gov/about/chairman-lamar-smith

[Docreed2003]

31. Same way all of these clowns take positions of influence...

Their only goal is to tear down the institutions they're supposed to represent. Look no further than pretty much every single Trumplethinskins' cabinet appointments.

[Nash Teeth]

29. Discrediting the press

will lead to confusion over the truth, further dividing the country especially in times of crisis. Dangerous.

[Docreed2003]

30. Wow...it didn't take long for the GOPers to fully embrace the autocracy!

We knew this was coming. "The media lies..", "The media is intentionally giving me bad press"..."You can't trust the lying media"...now these GOP fuckers are all in on building up the "Dear Leader" as the sole source for truth! It's astounding and frightening.

[lordsummerisle]

32. The Onion should just hang it up

The headlines coming out the last few days are more outrageous than anything they could come up with...

[benfranklin1776]

33. Dear Christ that's like getting human rights advice from Stalin

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Despite having absolute zero scientific background this cheeto hued grade z asshole psychotically cannot differentiate between his insane delusions of grandeur and cold empirical reality about even the most banal subjects, let alone begin to fathom or communicate anything that requires ahigher ordered thinking beyond that of slime mold. Of course that level of Jim Jones style brain dead cultism is favored by his pod people, orange koolaid drinking followers, so they will be happy to suck down whatever insane "scientific" information he tweetbleats like bad meth mixed with frack water.

[LiberalLovinLug]

34. The question is how many of Trump voters will actually believe this

It could be substantial. They have been conditioned and brainwashed for years, decades now. Both to demonize Hillary, and to fall in love with the reality star that "tells it like it is" and will bring back all the well paid manufacturing jobs etc.

So I think many Trumpeteers will take him up on that. Whatever Dear Leader says is the truth no matter what the "national liberal media" tries to say or back it up with their fake news 'facts'.

And if Faux News plays along he'll have the largest media empire also echoing his insanity. As well as Rush and the hate radio brigade.

So this is not the joke it seems.

[Phoenix61]

53. Agreed, it's not a joke

Kinda how we laughed at the possibility of Twitler getting elected. Supporting good journalism is going to be critical. I'm not so worried about the fools who voted for him as much as I am about reaching the ones who didn't bother to vote at all.

[blueseas]

35. No Thanks - I prefer the facts

Not fantasy island alternate "truthy"

[Generator]

36. No you fucking boot licking Nazi Lamar Smith

Nyet. Many Americans died for shit like this to not happen. You are a disgrace. Maybe I should tweet to him and tell him he is as bad as someone during the third Reich. And I am not being hyperbolic.

This makes my blood boil as much as anything I've read. I wouldn't want anything directly from only ONE person. Period. Especially someone with power over life and death. We have become a nation of imbeciles.

[Blue Idaho]

37. Contemptable fascist bullshit.

Lamar Smith is and always has been a party stooge.

[xor]

38. Oh man... They aren't even trying to pretend to be normal.

[Old Vet]

39. look what these assholes have done in one fucking week...SIGH.......

[ElementaryPenguin]

40. Holy moly, these people are lunatics!!!!!!!!

[NickB79]

41. Where did Professor Trump get his PhD again, Lamar?

And what peer-reviewed journals has he been published in?

[Astraea]

42. Faith in the Fuhrer

trumps facts.

[Astraea]

43. Seriously, we elected this piece of shit?

Even Goebbels wasn't this blatant.

[pfitz59]

44. Koch Bothers mouth piece

https://thinkprogress.org/rep-lamar-smith-who-criticized-the-idea-of-human-made-global-warming-set-to-chair-house-science-3a40cee3223c#.mj7vu6978

[heaven05]

45. these people really are

pushing toward closing down all media including the Internet...except for breitbart news. fox news and alex jones outlet, infowars.com soon coming to television..."unvarnished truth" and these groveling sycophants really believe what they are saying...all these psychopaths openly running our government now.

[Stonepounder]

46. First the came for the Muslims, but I wasn't a Muslim

Then they came for the Syrians, but I wasn't a Syrian
Then they came for the Mexicans, but I wasn't a Mexican
Then they came for the reporters, but I wasn't a reporter
I don't know who came next, because there were no newspapers left

[irisblue]

48. this is good. thanks for it

[olddad56]

49. hello, they are coming for us

[TNNurse]

47. uh, NO.

The president is an idiot.

[Solly Mack]

50. Ignorance is bliss and them folks are some blissful motherfuckers.

[ck4829]

51. No.

[Charles Bukowski]

52. "Better to get your news directly from the President."

This is some North Korea shit right here. Spooky.

[NanceGreggs]

54. So I'm supposed to get the "facts" ...

... from a man who has spent his entire life insisting that 2 centimeters equals 8 inches?

[AgadorSparticus]

55. Fascism. Straight up fascism. And people are lining up to drink the cool aid.