Discussion: What Trump Can And Can't Do To Bully Broadcasters Over Negative Coverage

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Holy fuck. He’s lost Limbaugh.

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Keeping a free press is of course vital to the nation.

Having said that, it’s too bad that our free press voluntarily sold out our nation for the sake of profit. The only karmic justice involved is that they’re going to be the first against the wall.

But hey, as long as they get executed with bulging pockets, I guess it was worth it.

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this is right out of the Putin playbook…it worked for Erdogan in turkey, so why not here, in the good ol’ USofA? the republicans are seditious bastids for letting this go on…

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Trump CAN STFU, and he CAN’T stand the heat.

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Thank you Tierney for a really clear article.

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I saw the headlines and wondered what percentage of our population is alarmed by this behavior.
i don’t know, but suspect it will be alarmingly little.

Good little short book by Chris Hitchens “Why Orwell Matters,” more a long essay than a book, is one of my favorites by him. Damned I miss him.

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If there are any Republicans left who believe in our Constitution they will inform Trump that he is anti American and their base.

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Even the fig leaf of “his motives are pure” didn’t offer much cover.

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The Irony that this is the same clown who said in 2016 that you can’t knock the National Enquirer for claiming Ted Cruz’s dad was involved in the assassination of JFK.

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“… his motives are pure.” LOL!

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Every broadcast outlet will rally around NBC on this. The slippery slope could take them all down and they know it. This will be another loser for Trump. He is letting the crazy out in ways that are going to damage him in ways he can not imagine. Bet there are some indictments coming down soon?

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(I love the photo credits, you know, in case you didn’t know these guys.)

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Trump is correct that fake news is out there and damaging our nation’s discourse.

But he misspelled FOX.

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Just waiting for Trump to snap like a twig.

And go full-on Putin.

Maybe order Special Forces to blow up “Morning Joe” during a live broadcast.

Or throw Wolf Blitzer out a 14th floor window.

Something like that.

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Wow! There are remarkable similarities visible in those photos. If little Donnie grows a full mustache and gets a haircut, he will look exactly like Joseph as a senior citizen. Joseph has tiny hands too, as I recall. We need to get an Ancestry.com analysis going.

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So you’re saying it won’t be all bad.

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Always looking for a silver lining.

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Now, that’s significant. Don’t care what anyone says. Not quite akin to Johnson losing Cronkite but we’re gettin’ close.

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Losing Hannity would be the end.

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