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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed May 9, 2018, 08:50 AM May 2018

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 Trump’s 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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Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/09/trump-media-credentials-576798

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Trump suggests pulling credentials from 'corrupt' media (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
besides being a heaven05 May 2018 #1
So what. I would rather see reporters rely upon avebury May 2018 #2
Yes, exactly. Skip the WH bullshit and do some reporting. lagomorph777 May 2018 #8
No shit. They just need to leave. Dave Starsky May 2018 #11
All members of the press need to boycott the WH SHS NCjack May 2018 #20
K&R SharonClark May 2018 #16
It'd become Fox News Daily zipplewrath May 2018 #29
"open up libel laws?" paleotn May 2018 #3
Yup, open them up. Let's see the proof. We can begin with your tax returns. dmr May 2018 #28
Fact shaming? procon May 2018 #4
LOL! lagomorph777 May 2018 #9
It's a Fascism party, everybody! MrScorpio May 2018 #5
Yes, it is. If his admin tries to do this, it would go to the S.Ct. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #7
yeap, call it exactly what it is onetexan May 2018 #13
I think the man-child bought Hugo Chavez's diary Perseus May 2018 #6
This why our country has been downgraded from a Full Democracy to a Flawed Democracy. sarcasmo May 2018 #10
If he did not commit ill advised and negative acts, he would not get negative press. Duh nature-lover May 2018 #12
So MSM, don't broadcasst or cover his speeches, rallies, WH events, etc vlyons May 2018 #14
It is obvious that this WH has no intention of acknowledging anything critical of them dameatball May 2018 #15
Okay, I'll pay his silly fucking game..........question(s) asshole..........and I am not the media turbinetree May 2018 #17
Nice work! Very Nice! PearliePoo2 May 2018 #25
My, oh, my - how fascist of him. Firestorm49 May 2018 #18
Harry Truman once said....... ProudMNDemocrat May 2018 #19
Student suggests removing 'corrupt' teachers who fail him. forgotmylogin May 2018 #21
As good a place as any for my daily ruminations... Moostache May 2018 #22
A good prayer as any...nt SWBTATTReg May 2018 #24
RUMP sure didn't bitch any when the press coverage during his primary season ... SWBTATTReg May 2018 #23
Nothing comes from the press briefing except snark, lies, and drivel.... asiliveandbreathe May 2018 #26
So a loyalty oath from the media to Trump will be needed to get credentialed Freethinker65 May 2018 #27
That's a great idea! Turbineguy May 2018 #30
In a way, this is good news, in that RUMP is actually watching this stuff on TV that's ... SWBTATTReg May 2018 #31
He legally can't do it. Even the corrupt Supreme Court would have to agree. Power 2 the People May 2018 #32
lol! Coming from someone .... duforsure May 2018 #33
 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
1. besides being a
Wed May 9, 2018, 08:55 AM
May 2018

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)
2. So what. I would rather see reporters rely upon
Wed May 9, 2018, 08:56 AM
May 2018

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.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
11. No shit. They just need to leave.
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:08 AM
May 2018

Those press conferences with Huckabuck are a complete waste of time and money. All his people do is lie, anyway.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
29. It'd become Fox News Daily
Wed May 9, 2018, 11:39 AM
May 2018

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.

dmr

(28,321 posts)
28. Yup, open them up. Let's see the proof. We can begin with your tax returns.
Wed May 9, 2018, 11:32 AM
May 2018

Sounds like a plan.

Damn, he makes me sick. Literally, he makes me sick.

procon

(15,805 posts)
4. Fact shaming?
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:02 AM
May 2018

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'.

onetexan

(12,994 posts)
13. yeap, call it exactly what it is
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:20 AM
May 2018

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)
6. I think the man-child bought Hugo Chavez's diary
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:03 AM
May 2018

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.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
14. So MSM, don't broadcasst or cover his speeches, rallies, WH events, etc
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:24 AM
May 2018

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)
15. It is obvious that this WH has no intention of acknowledging anything critical of them
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:31 AM
May 2018

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)
17. Okay, I'll pay his silly fucking game..........question(s) asshole..........and I am not the media
Wed May 9, 2018, 09:47 AM
May 2018

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


Firestorm49

(4,004 posts)
18. My, oh, my - how fascist of him.
Wed May 9, 2018, 10:01 AM
May 2018

Simply put, if David Dennison, John Miller, John Barron or Donald Trump can’t 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)
19. Harry Truman once said.......
Wed May 9, 2018, 10:18 AM
May 2018

"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)
21. Student suggests removing 'corrupt' teachers who fail him.
Wed May 9, 2018, 10:43 AM
May 2018

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 Frump’s 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)
22. As good a place as any for my daily ruminations...
Wed May 9, 2018, 10:50 AM
May 2018

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)
23. RUMP sure didn't bitch any when the press coverage during his primary season ...
Wed May 9, 2018, 11:10 AM
May 2018

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)
26. Nothing comes from the press briefing except snark, lies, and drivel....
Wed May 9, 2018, 11:19 AM
May 2018

WH correspondents - beat the street with your feet....walk away from this window dressing....

Freethinker65

(9,935 posts)
27. So a loyalty oath from the media to Trump will be needed to get credentialed
Wed May 9, 2018, 11:21 AM
May 2018

Pretty sure that is more unconstitutional than common sense gun regulations

Turbineguy

(37,213 posts)
30. That's a great idea!
Wed May 9, 2018, 11:56 AM
May 2018

That way they can write what they want instead of the "truth as seen by the trump mob".

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
31. In a way, this is good news, in that RUMP is actually watching this stuff on TV that's ...
Wed May 9, 2018, 12:16 PM
May 2018

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)
32. He legally can't do it. Even the corrupt Supreme Court would have to agree.
Wed May 9, 2018, 01:14 PM
May 2018

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)
33. lol! Coming from someone ....
Wed May 9, 2018, 01:58 PM
May 2018

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?

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