Trump suggests pulling credentials from 'corrupt' media
Source: Politico
By LOUIS NELSON 05/09/2018 08:41 AM EDT
President Donald Trump complained Wednesday that his administration receives overwhelmingly negative coverage from network news outlets and floated the idea of pulling credentials from outlets whose reporting is deemed unfair by the White House.
Trump cited a study from the right-leaning Media Research Center that showed 91 percent of the coverage of Trumps administration from network news outlets through the first four months of 2018 was negative. In a Wednesday morning tweet, Trump said the negative reporting about his administration is fake.
The Fake News is working overtime. Just reported that, despite the tremendous success we are having with the economy & all things else, 91% of the Network News about me is negative (Fake), the president wrote online. Why do we work so hard in working with the media when it is corrupt? Take away credentials?
Trump has complained often about the media and has on multiple occasions raised the possibility of taking retaliatory steps against the press, including canceling the daily press briefing and threatening to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money.
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heaven05
(18,124 posts)dipshit, low life pervert type potus who wants to be a 'war president' this chickenhawk coward wants a dictatorship. The military parade for this dipship cinched it for me. Fascists are running this country people, November's vote and ANY local election has to send them an unequivocal, FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
avebury
(10,946 posts)good old fashioned journalism to dig up and report on stories. Let Fox News be the propaganda machine. The MSM constantly reporting on Trump's and Republican's lies is what got us into the mess we are in today.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Those press conferences with Huckabuck are a complete waste of time and money. All his people do is lie, anyway.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)lying shit show beginning today.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Unfortunately, if they boycotted, only the Trump Friendly outlets like Fox would just sit there and throw softballs to SHS. It's practically be like a program on Fox.
paleotn
(17,781 posts)Go ahead and try that, you shithead. Double dare you to go down that road.
dmr
(28,321 posts)Sounds like a plan.
Damn, he makes me sick. Literally, he makes me sick.
procon
(15,805 posts)If Trump only wants subservient press stenographers who don't report the facts, then maybe should just email reporters a self congratulatory press release every morning and label it 'breaking news'.
MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)onetexan
(12,994 posts)one of the biggest sign of authoritarian rule is control of the media. Let him try & see if the media companies and journalists don't revolt. We refuse to let our country devolve into a fascist society. I look at it this way: Avenatti's prediction the idiot will not serve out his term is proving true if he keeps this up.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)and is now saying and doing the same things.
Those who are sleep will face the worst consequences as it always happens in a crash when someone is sleep at the wheel.
Wake up USA, these are the same tactics that lousy dictators take on. First they go after the publications, then after the TV Networks, then after Industries which will be taken over by a few people from the government and do what Mitt Romney (Bain Capital) did when taking over a company, taking loans on behalf of the company, selling its assets, putting the money in their pockets and then closing it while leaving people out of their jobs. That is exactly what Hugo Chavez and his gang did in Venezuela, they are all billionaires now.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)nature-lover
(1,452 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)I could dig never seeing his fat ugly puss or hearing his lying BS. He and his dreadful supporters and GOP are nothing but neo-Fascists.
dameatball
(7,380 posts)So I agree with the posters who question the reason to attend press briefings.....at least once...in solidarity...to make a point. The Supreme Doofus actually had a televised signing of the withdrawal from the Iran deal and could not even answer the question about how his decision makes America safer. His look of cluelessness and then his ignoring of the question said it all.
Obama would have fielded that question with a succinct explanation. But then Obama was a real President.
Eventually Sarah will end up talking to Fox News and some kid from Grit. (Do they still sell Grit??)
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)Have you or have you ever been involved with a Russian mafia with the likes of Putin
Have you ever stiffed mom and pops out money in your criminal enterprise in any business ventures
Have you ever created an University that didn't do shit for the students
Have you ever sold apartments that were set up to launder money under false pretenses
Have you ever been involved with a single fucking attorney that committed bank fraud and bribery
Have you ever cheated on your wives, and did you ask to be spanked with a magazine while with a porn actor
Have you ever committed treason and sit on a big jet and colluded with your fucking son and daughter to deceive a investigation , where-by you think you are above the rule of law
Have you ever sent out a woman onto a podium that bull shits her way out of everything that comes out of her mouth, and has no fucking principles and just outright LIES
And when confronted with your LIES do you always fall back on that some old bull shit line "excuse me, excuse me" line, and cross your arms across your chest and your face turns from orange to red just like a blood orange fruit
Have you ever lied just to lie, because you have no fucking clue on what you just lied about two minutes ago
So asshole if you can answer just one of the above questions then you are a fucking LIAR
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Firestorm49
(4,004 posts)Simply put, if David Dennison, John Miller, John Barron or Donald Trump cant take the heat, he or they should get out of the kitchen. Press, whether good or bad, simply comes with the job. Does anybody recall the eight year onslought thrown at President Obama, fed to the press by Republicans? I guess not. This fascist, communist puppet is a bigger danger than the Rosenbergs.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,498 posts)"Can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
Which translated to English means....Watch what you say and do. There is always someone watching, waiting, and ready to report.
The Press is guaranteed under the 1st Amendment. Holding our leaders accountable is one of the fundamentals of freedom.
forgotmylogin
(7,496 posts)Student Council president Ronald Frump complained Wednesday that his tests receive overwhelmingly bad grades from teachers and floated the idea of pulling teachers from schools whose grading is deemed unfair by Ronald and his friends, whom he calls "the Student Council."
Frump cited a study from the Student Council that showed 91 percent of the comments on Frumps essays and book reports from teachers through the first four months of 2018 were negative. In a Wednesday morning tweet, Frump said the poor grades and notes about his misbehavior are fake.
The Fake Teachers are working overtime. Just reported that, despite the tremendous success we are having in gym and study hall & all things else, 91% of my grades are negative (Fake), the student wrote online. Why do we work so hard on working on other classes when the school system is corrupt? Take away teachers?
Frump has complained often about his grades and has on multiple occasions raised the possibility of taking retaliatory steps against the faculty, including canceling report cards and threatening to open up our student council laws so when they grade purposely negative and write horrible and false comments, we can sue them and win lots of money.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)Oh Gaia, mother to all life, please find it in your benevolence to end Donald J. Trump by whatever means please you. Heart attack. Debilitating stroke. McDonald's acquired MERSA infection. Melania's revenge. As long as you find it in your goodness to end him for all time, I will be satisfied. Hear my pleas oh great Mother...and grant us all this mercy.
SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)gave him tons of free coverage. Now that people are actually seeing what this POS actually is, a negative press is the expected result in anybody's book. Can't take the heat, don't play the game RUMP!
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)WH correspondents - beat the street with your feet....walk away from this window dressing....
Freethinker65
(9,935 posts)Pretty sure that is more unconstitutional than common sense gun regulations
Turbineguy
(37,213 posts)That way they can write what they want instead of the "truth as seen by the trump mob".
SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)so negative on him & administration. My ? is when does he get the time? I mean, after all, you're the president (not mine of course) and between all of the time tweeting, bitching and playing golf, when does RUMP even work?
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)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.
duforsure
(11,882 posts)Who says nothing about RT (Russian TV) being shown in this country promoting propaganda for Russia and Putin, and other propaganda news organizations like Sinclair and Fox promoting propaganda for them in this country. Threatening the free press proves how little he thinks about Democracy, and the government we have in this country. Someone treasonous, criminal, and a liar would do this now. How does someone this treasonous have 30-40% of the people think he is good? Why would anyone pick putin over an American?