CNN & others blocked from white House Gaggle

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  1. popopolitics

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    Even though I support most of the issues President Trump endorses, I think he crossed a line today by banning CNN and other news outlets from the White House Gaggle, that tend to report negatively about him. What happened to Freedom of the Press? Even though I feel CNN has very liberal views, I like to watch the opposing views from both sides of the aisle, so I watch both CNN and FOX. The President should not be able to pick and choose which news outlets can report to the general public. I'm don't support CNN's views but this is very upsetting too me!
     
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    CNN can still report the news, they'll just have to have different sources. And an openly hostile CNN with an agenda to take Trump down is not a news source, it's a political propaganda outlet and is being treated as such.
     
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    Trump is an enemy of 1st Amendment. Not hard to understand.
     
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    Trump is a scared little man. The big bad CNN says bad things! So Trump hides and tries to protect himself with biased sources loyal to him. . No surprise. This is entirely consistent with the actions of a despot.
     
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    CNN can "report" :roll: whatever it wants. There is a difference between not being invited to something and actually being inhibited from reporting. I agree with Steve N. CNN is not really a news organization as much as it is a political propaganda outlet. This is a choice CNN has made.

     
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    HereWeGoAgain Banned

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    Ahhhh, do they insult your little tin god? Of course Trump has to hide. Far too much of a sniveling little coward to face real reporters.
     
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    I studied CNN during the entire two-year election cycle. What Steve N said, and what I said is truth.

    Trump has to hide? LMAO! He is by far more of an open book than any president I can remember, and what he thinks is by far more accessible than Hillary Clinton ever would have been. And I mean ever.
     
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    Oh well golly gee, that changes everything! :roll:

    I haven't see a rational righty here yet. I watch and read the news, and check on sources all the time; and not just as a form of mental masturbation.

    This is the real story: CNN broke the story about his secret Russian connections and they are staying doggedly on task.
     
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    Just like all the alt-righters, he is a coward. A little opposition to their beliefs and they sit in the corner and curse at everyone.
    "the gropenfuherer" is a coward.
    Draft deferment because he had bone spurs makes him a lousy lying coward.


     
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    This us just another attempt to surpress the truth from being reported. Putin must be very very very proud of the Little Czar Donald..
     
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    And the fake news outlets do NOT have carte blanche to lie and distort either.They are disgraceful and certainly not professionals. They are a JOKE. They have a RESPONSIBILITY to report the FACTS and not make them up as they go. They are expected to report the news FAIRLY, and when they don't, they should have a time-out. Consider this their time-out.
     
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    They would not know the TRUTH if it smacked them in the face, and they could use a few good smacks. Fake news on Putin.
     
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    Any proof, or is this what "the gropenfuherer" has you believe. Talk about being in a cult!


     
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    What happened to honesty and truth in the press? Why should you have to listen to both sides when truth and accuracy rests in the middle? CNN should lose their front row seat until they stop putting an ideologically negative twist on things. Question, comment, and disagree, yes, but quit making it up.

    Dan Rather created a false document that said that George W. Bush went AWOL while in the Air National Guard and one of the other MSM members rigged Chevy pickup trucks to explode when they wouldn't explode on their own. How can anyone believe that these people are not "enemies of the people".
     
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    Why would you invite your sworn enemies into you house? It's a new world folks there's thousands of new media out there that deserve to be heard from also.
     
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    Once again, someone is a coward and his name is "the gropenfuherer" seems he has more to hide than you like to think he does.
    [video]http://68.media.tumblr.com/9967a1efc2d4115462375c155d7c0e c7/tumblr_n9fqjsKzDG1rplnd3o3_250 .gif[/video]

     
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    Awww... Donnie doesn't want to have his feewings hurt by the big bad press.
     
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    Provide proof of these secret Russian connections.
     
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    Trump is attempting to demonize the press, the intelligence community and the judiciary because these are the institutions that can expose him and his crones and bring them down.
     
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    Glad I could help. :wink:

    I'm a right leaning independent with some liberal views that drive righties crazy.

    So do I, which is why I have zero respect for CNN.

    I could respect that if they had done the same thing with Hillary, but they didn't. This abrogation of their ethics was their choice.
     
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    Yep, it is as plain as can be. He wants to be dictator.
     
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    That is what that fool is afraid of and the fools that voted for him will come to realize all.


     
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    No, this is a flagrant infringement upon freedom of the press; another authoritarian move by Trump setting dangerous precedents. Are "political propaganda outlets" favorable to Trump barred??? Are the uninvited media limited to "second-hand" news from sources whose biased viewpoints are diametrically opposed to their own??? Rose-colored glasses tend to filter out negative aspects which may be of crucial importance to the public.

    The Constitution protects everyone's rights . . . not just those who agree with us.
     
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    Trump bans media, anti first Amendment President, Very Sad!!!
     
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    Now we know where he plans to build that wall.
     

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