We have a sitting president quoting napoleon saying he is above the law. I think we are closer than you think.
I’ll keep my mouth shut now.
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AP banned from White House
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I’ll keep my mouth shut now.
Trump bans AP and words he doesn't like. 'Free speech' was never about First Amendment. | Opinion
The Trump administration is banning words from government websites, trying to erase transgender people and blocking AP reporters from the Oval Office.
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Here is an Op-ed on this specific instance where Trump goes after the media in this case the AP. But that can extend to the FCC role in going after TV Networks like CBS, NBC and PBS, Radio outlets like Audacy and NPR and their affiliates. Even more that extents to Elon Musk attacking CPB, NPR and PBS as a ploy to go after Reuters indirectly after Reuters Specifically investigated Elon Musk's Business Practices.
In this case the editorial talks about the White House directly going after the Associated Press in that instance. Yes the rest of that article ties in to how Trump allies engage in "Cancel Culture" the most.
We have more articles on how Reuters is going after Musk's role as a Doge agent and how it runs into conflicts of interest at one of Musk's investments at Neuralink. Yes this is a sign that Musk will continue to rant about defunding NPR and PBS in Trump rallies while we are waiting for them to outright ban Reuters from the White House in the same way AP did.
He's very clear what he means by free speech:
He is protecting speech of individuals. Not the media or social media companies or big tech. Those are not individuals. Yet this is the same party that got the supreme court to rule that companies have the same rights as individuals. It will be interesting to watch how the courts rule now.
He is protecting speech of individuals. Not the media or social media companies or big tech. Those are not individuals. Yet this is the same party that got the supreme court to rule that companies have the same rights as individuals. It will be interesting to watch how the courts rule now.
Here's more from the AP specifically they continue to fact check the claims by Doge and looked at social security data and fraud some of the claims happen less than 1% of the time and it's mostly by errors in social security software system. Even though AP is banned from the White House they dig the claims on the agency, courts and congressional levels of the Federal Government.
If only there were members of the broadcast (and cable/subscription) media that showed a fraction of the same willingness, thus far, to push back, expose the blatant lies, report on the chaos and potential catastrophic blunders, et al. It’s a splintered media landscape to be sure, but broadcasting still reaches a sizable audience whether during the broadcast or through their ancillary channels. At most, the broadcast media seems to gloss over and compress any coverage to a brief package that barely scratches the surface before jumping over to some other topic.
Here's more from the AP specifically they continue to fact check the claims by Doge and looked at social security data and fraud some of the claims happen less than 1% of the time and it's mostly by errors in social security software system. Even though AP is banned from the White House they dig the claims on the agency, courts and congressional levels of the Federal Government.
Like when the same media covered up Biden's cognitive issues until they couldn't anymore? And I'm not defending Trump. Just pointing out that it works both ways.
Do you know of a respectful way to do that? I know people who have trouble discussing such subjects with their own parents. There was a repub member of congress who was found in a retirement community with dementia:
Texas Rep. Kay Granger, 81, who missed six months of key House votes — found living at retirement community that specializes in memory care
Granger’s disappearance is especially significant given the tiny majority Republicans hold in the House — and the massive votes that are taking place, including the government spending bill —…
nypost.com
In the meantime, AP won't be able to make any direct observations anymore because they don't have access.
Because the other guys are there?
It’s a bit flip, but the truthfulness or lack thereof is not “all” you can report. In a tiny smidge of backbone, some media outlets did point out that it is simply a lie from the president that Ukraine started a war when in fact it was Russia that invaded them. It’s a tiny step, but it was something from at least some broadcasters.
This tired old trope again? Day after day major media outlets seized on his age, his gaffes, his periodic stumbles with words, even those attributable to a stutter.
Which mainstream media outlets are reporting on the cognitive decline of the current occupant of the office?
If they all ignore him it will send a bigger message. He wants to be seen, not showing him is the biggest protest.
The point is that being there allows for "a White House spokesperson said..." inclusions in a news story.
What the President says... or what any of "all the President's men" say... is part of the news, whether factual or not. It is still the White House's position and, thus, a news story.
They can report the news and not be on AF1 or the WHPR. Is access necessary. What would happen if they kicked out all the media they don’t like. Does Twitter become the official record?
Repealing section 230 would, effectively, do just that. Don't need the government to shut something down when you can just hold the owners liable for anything anyone says on your forum and allow anyone to file lawsuits that site admins can't afford to fight.
Biden was old, but the right claiming he was a "vegetable" was ridiculous.....and projection.
It doesn't matter much if the AP isn't allowed to have somebody sit around the White Press room or attend the sham briefings. If any AP member gets anything, the AP can use it and put it on the wire. Now maybe the AP will have to go out and do actual reporting, you know hang out in bars when government workers go after work, skulk around federal office buildings, work the phones.... Right now, there are probably a lot of government employees who would love to talk on background to a discreet AP reporter. They'll probably learn more from worker bees than from the biggies they usually talk to.
You're looking at it from the wrong point of view. The point is that she's being banned because the president doesn't like the reporting being done. Same with the NBC reporter at the Pentagon. When he was banned from twitter, he sued. He claimed his free speech was denied. Now he's doing the exact same thing, and it's OK? When conservatives get banned, it's bad. When reporters get banned, no problem. Let them get their stories different ways. But what's happening here is the same thing.
That is, of course, hyperbole. But it was evident from his lack of appearances, loss of recognition of where he was, verbal lapses and the like that he was very severely incapacitated.
Severely? It's been established that Reagan was showing Alzheimer's symptoms during his 2nd term. Have you seen McConnell lately? I would concur that Biden was slipping due to age, but he was not totally senile. Trump is in the same boat, except that he's delusional. Saying that Ukraine started the war with the Russia is blatantly false. The media should be pointing out his lies. The Bull**** that Trump makes up is not policy, nor funny. This isn't a Reality Show...
I don't buy "severely incapacitated". But I'm sure Our Lord God Trump is the epitome of youth and fitness. The gaffes of Biden's were exaggerated by right-wing media.
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