Trump again calls media 'enemy of the people'

The enemy of the people. The free press, not beholden to the govenrment, the enemy of the people.

Indeed, an institution, the press that is, that is so important to ensuring the honesty of the government and transparency of the government that the founders of this country enshrined it in the very first right they listed.

Yet, according to Trump, they are the enemy of the people. Sounding every bit like an aspiring despotic dictator, Trump once again took time to bash the press, during his CPAC speech, and threatened to "do something about it".

How about simply doing your job or being truthful Mr. President?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...rump-cpac-media-enemy-of-the-people/98347970/


President Trump turned his speech before a conservative convention into a full-throated attack on journalism Friday, saying some reporters make up unnamed sources for "fake news" and again describing them as "the enemy" of the American people.

"A few days ago I called the fake news the enemy of the people, and they are — they are the enemy of the people," Trump told the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.

While praising some reporters as honest, and pledging fealty to the First Amendment, Trump claimed that "the fake news media doesn't tell the truth." He said reporters should not be allowed to use anonymous sources, and "we're going to do something about it."

The president did not elaborate on what that "something" might be, beyond general criticism.

It was the latest in a series of attacks that, critics said, are designed to undermine coverage of Trump's troubles in office, including investigations into possible links between his campaign associates and Russians during last year's presidential election.

 

When the media lies, makes up stories, exaggerates mole hills, covers up for a politician, cheats for their favored politician, or otherwise goes out of their way to destroy a candidate from their own party in order to advance their pet candidate all while claiming that they're the ones who are supposed to tell us exactly what to think, then that makes Trump 100% correct.

The media is corrupt to the core; I see it, other conservatives see it, Trump sees it.

 

If we are intellectually honest, we acknowledge that the major media does not report news fairly. They have turned themselves into political organizations rather than news organizations. They have done this to themselves, and they have rightly earned the disdain and distrust of the American people. This is not Trump's fault; it's their fault. Trump is simply voicing what everybody already knows - everybody on both the left and the right.

The constitutional protections given to the press are as safe as ever. If Trump serves for 8 years, all of those protections will be alive and well when he leaves office.

In the meantime, the press can be criticized for its abandonment of its ethics and principles, just as any institution in our society could be. That, by the way, is free speech in action.

 

Was the media the enemy of the people when it was providing Trump with "free advertising" that Trumpers love to harp about?

 

Do you think the media's goal was free advertising or high ratings? To this very day the NY Times has to publish Trump hit pieces in order to sell papers and generate clicks.

 

He made it clear that it wasn't all the media outlets or reporters....CNN is leader of faux news

 

He re-emphasized the "dishonest" media is the enemy of the people. Do you disagree?

 

I'm just curious because Trump supporters on this forum have said the "free advertising" helped Trump win.

If that's the case, then Trump directly benefitted from "the enemy of the people".

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Yet he has Breitbart members in his own cabinet. Irony or hypocrisy? Both maybe?

 

In your circle, beating your enemy is a bad thing?

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Are you saying the dishonest media is the friend of the people, or do you agree with Trump's statement?

 

He didn't beat them. He won because of their help. Trump received aid from "the enemy of the people".

 

Trump is the enemy of the 1st Amendment

Trump's Alternative facts are so crazy it's not even funny

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If Trump didn't beat them and all that they represent, then we both saw different elections.

 

He's making such a mockery of himself, and of republicans and right wingers. Every single thing that is reported on him are his own words, where he defended it and kept going with it, his own tweets, his own actions, the actions of his staff, his lies, that are so easy to prove they are lies. The guy is bat(*)(*)(*)(*) crazy

Unlike all the lies and BS him and conservative media and the right wingers said about Obama that had no shred of truth. They must be so mad that he had 2 terms with no controversies and a good record when he left. they must be so mad to be shown to be hypocrites and how horrible their candidate is.

You guys say this nonsense, but you never provide proof. Everything reported about Trump is true. We never hear the right defend it, they just throw out lies (just like Trump) and then deflect (just like Trump). They report on his own tweets, his own words, his own lies, which everybody can see. Some so blatantly obvious its almost comedic. Nothing is made up.

Unilke Obama is a muslim, born in Kenya, going to take our guns, founded ISIS, and whatever number of stupid things the right wing media tried to make up.

Face it, nobody is buying your lies, and its just making you people look really really bad. You are embarrassing yourself. Every time you say "fake news" or "dishonest media" you are just proving liberals right, and proving you don't have an actual argument to make. It's astounding you guys post this and you probably think you are making a smarts. All while flocking to Fox news and Brietbart, which have been shown time and time again to really present fake news and be dishonest. Their execs don't even try to hide that

 

I sure as hell TRUST the media much more than I trust Donald Trump, his advisors, or most of his followers.

The damage this deranged individual is doing to the foundation of our Republic is beyond measure. Anyone still supporting him ought to think much more carefully about doing that.

Donald Trump is an existential threat to the Republic...and his attacks on the election process and the media are the kind of thing one would only expect from a dictator wanna-be.

The proper, patriotic reaction to Donald Trump should be scorn and contempt.

I hope I see a bit more of that coming from the congress soon.

 

Apparently we did because Trump couldn't even get a majority of voters to support his vision.

 

Fewer people trust the media than they do Trump. Perhaps you can gain some benefits with your minority status.

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I see the dark ages are still upon you. No doubt to haunt you forevermore.

 

stephen colbert and jon stewart made millions identifying the false narratives from fox news


ironically it is those followers of fox news that claim other news outlets of fake news, let alone, reporting on actual events is the farthest thing from fake. it is just another example of how rwers have lost the ability to distinguish between fact and fiction

 

Trump is a hypocrite as he is guilty of what he accuses the media of.

 

The Talking Dildo of the Oval Office accuses the media of making up stuff so he must be right after it was the media who made up the fake news about the Muslims who danced and sang in NJ on the night of 9 11. Oh no wait a minute that wasn't thevmedia whonmake upnstuff, it was Trump. Oh my he is the liar.

 

If you do not understand what he is talking about--again--you have not been paying attention--again. Spend less on aluminum foil and buy a TV set.

 

No, he won, in part, due to a drastic miscalculation of the dishonest media who believed they could manipulate the election by vaulting Trump over the "serious" republicans so Clinton could run an easy layup. They believe their position is to manipulate the electorate.

 

They are not a "free press" in the sense of the word that mattered back in the day. They are a set of highly partisan left wing propagandist that put their ideology over telling the truth and covering stories / events with any veracity that make them look bad. They have become very Orwellian with newspeak acceptance and pushing a Centralized Authoritarian brand of government.

They are an enemy to the people on many occasions.

Dan Rather Memogate <- Enemy of the people
Mark Foley vs. Tim Mahoney scandal coverage is a perfect case study in partisanship <-- Enemy of the people
IRS Attacks on Conservatives - Lack of real coverage <- Enemy of the people
Benghazi lack of coverage and investigation <- Enemy of the people
Failure to cover Fast and Furious for over a year <- Enemy of the people
Failure to cover the Obama / Rezko land deal <- Enemy of the people
Teddy Kennedy - Chappaquiddick - Then run for President? Failure of the Media <-- Enemy of the people
Journolist <--- Enemy of the people
Anti TEA Party Bias and false reporting (racist, sexist, homophobes) <--- Enemy of the People
Climategate falsified numbers and lack of coverage <-- Enemy of the people
ACORN - Trying to stomp on that story <-- Enemy of the people
Duke La Crosse Rape Case <-- Enemy of the people
Fort Hood Murder's Religion Suppressed <-- Enemy of the people
OWS Love vs. TEA Party Hate <-- Enemy of the people
Sorros vs. Koch Brothers coverage <-- Enemy of the people
Dan Quayle vs. Joe Biden <-- Enemy of the people

.... the list goes on and on and on. The hardcore leftist bias has adverse results for the nation and it's people. The Press is not about being advocates for "We the People", unless you are of the proper left wing Globalist Authoritarian mindset.

 

Donald correctly said that the media would one more time allege he said all media. Donald said the fake media is our enemy. And he is totally correct.

 

Oh, I understand his point. See my sig.

 

The fake story is he branded ALL the media. The true story is he stipulated he means the FAKE media. And they know who they are.

Trump was helped to win by the media. I am not clear the FAKE media intended to help him, but it matters not. He is the president.

FAKE news: Donald lost due to the popular vote
TRUE news. Donald won due to the system of Electoral College

FAKE news: Donald wants all non citizens immediately deported.
TRUE news: Donald is after the criminals, rapists, robbers and killers.

The news would be totally different for Obama when he did things. Did the FAKE NEWS media hammer in the point it was Obama bragging he was the deportation king?

NO!!!! When it was mentioned, it was downplayed.