43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media

More from the party of alleged Constitutional values. Gee, what could possibly go wrong with government control over what the media reports........

I will add that the social media organizations engaging in conservative censorship and the Democratic politicians encouraging them to do it aren't doing themselves any favors in the face of this poll. Those actions will only cause those numbers to rise if the right conclusively feels the media is engaging in fascists tactics to keep them from sharing their opinions.

All told, 43 percent of self-identified Republicans said that they believed “the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior.” Only 36 percent disagreed with that statement. When asked if Trump should close down specific outlets, including CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, nearly a quarter of Republicans (23 percent) agreed and 49 percent disagreed

New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media


You said it Brother! The media is engaging in fascists tactics. But we don't want to shut the media down, merely prosecute irresponsible journalists who float damaging stories unsupported by facts. Throw the publisher in prison. Sue his ass, Put crooked media out of business by making it unaffordable to keep printing trash stories. If we can regulate cars to DO what the makers SAYS it will do, we can hold media's feet to the fire to REPORT on actual, verifiable events, not merely push and promote a one-sided agenda. The Founders never meant for the Press to be so free as to become a weapon of politics.

And who decides that?


I suppose Congress should legislate that but seeing they are ball-less, ineffectual, compromised and spineless, Maybe Trump will pass an EO, then it can be overturned by the 9th Circuit, go to the SCOTUS, go back to Congress, and meantime, the MSM can write trash stories about how Trump thinks he's a dictator with delusions of Godhood and the whole mess will never get fixed.
 
More from the party of alleged Constitutional values. Gee, what could possibly go wrong with government control over what the media reports........

I will add that the social media organizations engaging in conservative censorship and the Democratic politicians encouraging them to do it aren't doing themselves any favors in the face of this poll. Those actions will only cause those numbers to rise if the right conclusively feels the media is engaging in fascists tactics to keep them from sharing their opinions.

All told, 43 percent of self-identified Republicans said that they believed “the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior.” Only 36 percent disagreed with that statement. When asked if Trump should close down specific outlets, including CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, nearly a quarter of Republicans (23 percent) agreed and 49 percent disagreed

New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media


It just goes to show how stupid a Trump tard really is.

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The very first thing any dictator will do is shut down the media. The Free Press in this country is the watch dog on Government and is actually what keeps us free.

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To a constiutional Reich winger the 1st amendment is only supported when you agree with them.--:auiqs.jpg:
 
More from the party of alleged Constitutional values. Gee, what could possibly go wrong with government control over what the media reports........

I will add that the social media organizations engaging in conservative censorship and the Democratic politicians encouraging them to do it aren't doing themselves any favors in the face of this poll. Those actions will only cause those numbers to rise if the right conclusively feels the media is engaging in fascists tactics to keep them from sharing their opinions.

All told, 43 percent of self-identified Republicans said that they believed “the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior.” Only 36 percent disagreed with that statement. When asked if Trump should close down specific outlets, including CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, nearly a quarter of Republicans (23 percent) agreed and 49 percent disagreed

New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media
That is freaking worrisome...the government should not be allowed to do that. I don’t care as much about private companies, they have a right to determine their own content and suffer the wrath of their customer base. Unless of course they are monopolies and some of them do seem pretty close...

The MSM in ALL Western nations are Enemies of The Peoples, they are Fifth Columns they should be monitored as the Subversives they are and their HQs should be raided and in America CNN should certainly be shut down and various Subversive Journalists at CNN and The New York Times and The Washington Post should be arrested for Sedition.
 
More from the party of alleged Constitutional values. Gee, what could possibly go wrong with government control over what the media reports........

I will add that the social media organizations engaging in conservative censorship and the Democratic politicians encouraging them to do it aren't doing themselves any favors in the face of this poll. Those actions will only cause those numbers to rise if the right conclusively feels the media is engaging in fascists tactics to keep them from sharing their opinions.

All told, 43 percent of self-identified Republicans said that they believed “the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior.” Only 36 percent disagreed with that statement. When asked if Trump should close down specific outlets, including CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, nearly a quarter of Republicans (23 percent) agreed and 49 percent disagreed

New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media


You said it Brother! The media is engaging in fascists tactics. But we don't want to shut the media down, merely prosecute irresponsible journalists who float damaging stories unsupported by facts. Throw the publisher in prison. Sue his ass, Put crooked media out of business by making it unaffordable to keep printing trash stories. If we can regulate cars to DO what the makers SAYS it will do, we can hold media's feet to the fire to REPORT on actual, verifiable events, not merely push and promote a one-sided agenda. The Founders never meant for the Press to be so free as to become a weapon of politics.

Your solutions are very fascistic.
 
More from the party of alleged Constitutional values. Gee, what could possibly go wrong with government control over what the media reports........

I will add that the social media organizations engaging in conservative censorship and the Democratic politicians encouraging them to do it aren't doing themselves any favors in the face of this poll. Those actions will only cause those numbers to rise if the right conclusively feels the media is engaging in fascists tactics to keep them from sharing their opinions.

All told, 43 percent of self-identified Republicans said that they believed “the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior.” Only 36 percent disagreed with that statement. When asked if Trump should close down specific outlets, including CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, nearly a quarter of Republicans (23 percent) agreed and 49 percent disagreed

New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media
That is freaking worrisome...the government should not be allowed to do that. I don’t care as much about private companies, they have a right to determine their own content and suffer the wrath of their customer base. Unless of course they are monopolies and some of them do seem pretty close...

The MSM in ALL Western nations are Enemies of The Peoples, they are Fifth Columns they should be monitored as the Subversives they are and their HQs should be raided and in America CNN should certainly be shut down and various Subversive Journalists at CNN and The New York Times and The Washington Post should be arrested for Sedition.

No, they are the “enemies” of a minority of very narrow-minded ideological people who claim to speak for “the people” but who give lip service to freedoms and instead want to impose their narrow vision on everyone else.
 
This is hilarious.

The same people who believed the moronic garbage that Obama was born in Kenya are whining about the media because they are being mean to their Orange God.

What a bunch of hypocrites.
 
More from the party of alleged Constitutional values. Gee, what could possibly go wrong with government control over what the media reports........

I will add that the social media organizations engaging in conservative censorship and the Democratic politicians encouraging them to do it aren't doing themselves any favors in the face of this poll. Those actions will only cause those numbers to rise if the right conclusively feels the media is engaging in fascists tactics to keep them from sharing their opinions.

All told, 43 percent of self-identified Republicans said that they believed “the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior.” Only 36 percent disagreed with that statement. When asked if Trump should close down specific outlets, including CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, nearly a quarter of Republicans (23 percent) agreed and 49 percent disagreed

New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media
That is freaking worrisome...the government should not be allowed to do that. I don’t care as much about private companies, they have a right to determine their own content and suffer the wrath of their customer base. Unless of course they are monopolies and some of them do seem pretty close...

The MSM in ALL Western nations are Enemies of The Peoples, they are Fifth Columns they should be monitored as the Subversives they are and their HQs should be raided and in America CNN should certainly be shut down and various Subversive Journalists at CNN and The New York Times and The Washington Post should be arrested for Sedition.

No, they are the “enemies” of a minority of very narrow-minded ideological people who claim to speak for “the people” but who give lip service to freedoms and instead want to impose their narrow vision on everyone else.

Pretty ironic considering what Twitter and especially Facebook are doing, which is doing their best to shut down ALL differing opinions so that ONLY a narrow vision is accepted and everything outside of that narrow vision is not tolerated and I don't think the MSM reflects a majority opinion, if it did then they would not be losing viewers and the Print Media would not be losing readers which is the main reason that many Online Print Media are now Subscription Only because the general revenue has dropped. There is minimal Objective Journalism now, they are no longer neutral and unbiased instead of Objective Journalism it's predominantly a mixture of the journalists personal beliefs and political bias even if they are not in general supposed to be writing about Politics, you could have an article about ANYTHING and at some point they would have to have a mini political and/or social rant included.
 
More from the party of alleged Constitutional values. Gee, what could possibly go wrong with government control over what the media reports........

I will add that the social media organizations engaging in conservative censorship and the Democratic politicians encouraging them to do it aren't doing themselves any favors in the face of this poll. Those actions will only cause those numbers to rise if the right conclusively feels the media is engaging in fascists tactics to keep them from sharing their opinions.

All told, 43 percent of self-identified Republicans said that they believed “the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior.” Only 36 percent disagreed with that statement. When asked if Trump should close down specific outlets, including CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, nearly a quarter of Republicans (23 percent) agreed and 49 percent disagreed

New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media
That is freaking worrisome...the government should not be allowed to do that. I don’t care as much about private companies, they have a right to determine their own content and suffer the wrath of their customer base. Unless of course they are monopolies and some of them do seem pretty close...

The MSM in ALL Western nations are Enemies of The Peoples, they are Fifth Columns they should be monitored as the Subversives they are and their HQs should be raided and in America CNN should certainly be shut down and various Subversive Journalists at CNN and The New York Times and The Washington Post should be arrested for Sedition.

No, they are the “enemies” of a minority of very narrow-minded ideological people who claim to speak for “the people” but who give lip service to freedoms and instead want to impose their narrow vision on everyone else.

Pretty ironic considering what Twitter and especially Facebook are doing, which is doing their best to shut down ALL differing opinions so that ONLY a narrow vision is accepted and everything outside of that narrow vision is not tolerated and I don't think the MSM reflects a majority opinion, if it did then they would not be losing viewers and the Print Media would not be losing readers which is the main reason that many Online Print Media are now Subscription Only because the general revenue has dropped. There is minimal Objective Journalism now, they are no longer neutral and unbiased instead of Objective Journalism it's predominantly a mixture of the journalists personal beliefs and political bias even if they are not in general supposed to be writing about Politics, you could have an article about ANYTHING and at some point they would have to have a mini political and/or social rant included.

Those are private companies. You are not forced to be on those platforms any more than you are forced to be here, abiding by the terms, conditions and discretions of the moderators of USMB making arbitrary decisions.

I disagree with what Twitter and Facebook are doing BTW. But they are private businesses, and they have every right to determine the content of their platform.

If you don’t like it, don’t go there. Better yet, start your own platform, like Rupert Murdoch did with Fox News 25 years ago. FYI MySpace is still around.
 
Yet more evidence that fascism is no longer just a hobby within the Demopublican Crime Syndicate, they've managed to turn it into a full time job.
 
More from the party of alleged Constitutional values. Gee, what could possibly go wrong with government control over what the media reports........

I will add that the social media organizations engaging in conservative censorship and the Democratic politicians encouraging them to do it aren't doing themselves any favors in the face of this poll. Those actions will only cause those numbers to rise if the right conclusively feels the media is engaging in fascists tactics to keep them from sharing their opinions.

All told, 43 percent of self-identified Republicans said that they believed “the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior.” Only 36 percent disagreed with that statement. When asked if Trump should close down specific outlets, including CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, nearly a quarter of Republicans (23 percent) agreed and 49 percent disagreed

New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media
Listening to snowflakes pretend they care about freedom of the press is enough to make your stomach turn. These are the same douchebags who want Facebook and YouTube to shutdown conservative posters for so-called "hate speech."
 
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More from the party of alleged Constitutional values. Gee, what could possibly go wrong with government control over what the media reports........

I will add that the social media organizations engaging in conservative censorship and the Democratic politicians encouraging them to do it aren't doing themselves any favors in the face of this poll. Those actions will only cause those numbers to rise if the right conclusively feels the media is engaging in fascists tactics to keep them from sharing their opinions.
That is freaking worrisome...the government should not be allowed to do that. I don’t care as much about private companies, they have a right to determine their own content and suffer the wrath of their customer base. Unless of course they are monopolies and some of them do seem pretty close...

The MSM in ALL Western nations are Enemies of The Peoples, they are Fifth Columns they should be monitored as the Subversives they are and their HQs should be raided and in America CNN should certainly be shut down and various Subversive Journalists at CNN and The New York Times and The Washington Post should be arrested for Sedition.

No, they are the “enemies” of a minority of very narrow-minded ideological people who claim to speak for “the people” but who give lip service to freedoms and instead want to impose their narrow vision on everyone else.

Pretty ironic considering what Twitter and especially Facebook are doing, which is doing their best to shut down ALL differing opinions so that ONLY a narrow vision is accepted and everything outside of that narrow vision is not tolerated and I don't think the MSM reflects a majority opinion, if it did then they would not be losing viewers and the Print Media would not be losing readers which is the main reason that many Online Print Media are now Subscription Only because the general revenue has dropped. There is minimal Objective Journalism now, they are no longer neutral and unbiased instead of Objective Journalism it's predominantly a mixture of the journalists personal beliefs and political bias even if they are not in general supposed to be writing about Politics, you could have an article about ANYTHING and at some point they would have to have a mini political and/or social rant included.

Those are private companies. You are not forced to be on those platforms any more than you are forced to be here, abiding by the terms, conditions and discretions of the moderators of USMB making arbitrary decisions.

I disagree with what Twitter and Facebook are doing BTW. But they are private businesses, and they have every right to determine the content of their platform.

If you don’t like it, don’t go there. Better yet, start your own platform, like Rupert Murdoch did with Fox News 25 years ago. FYI MySpace is still around.
The argument that they are private companies doesn't wash. Between them, the Apple, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter control about 90% of social media. back in the late 1800s, when Standard oil controlled only 80% of the refining business, Congress passed the Sherman anti-trust act and broke up the company. Can any of you snowflakes explain why the same shouldn't be done with FaceBook and YouTube?
 
That is freaking worrisome...the government should not be allowed to do that. I don’t care as much about private companies, they have a right to determine their own content and suffer the wrath of their customer base. Unless of course they are monopolies and some of them do seem pretty close...

The MSM in ALL Western nations are Enemies of The Peoples, they are Fifth Columns they should be monitored as the Subversives they are and their HQs should be raided and in America CNN should certainly be shut down and various Subversive Journalists at CNN and The New York Times and The Washington Post should be arrested for Sedition.

No, they are the “enemies” of a minority of very narrow-minded ideological people who claim to speak for “the people” but who give lip service to freedoms and instead want to impose their narrow vision on everyone else.

Pretty ironic considering what Twitter and especially Facebook are doing, which is doing their best to shut down ALL differing opinions so that ONLY a narrow vision is accepted and everything outside of that narrow vision is not tolerated and I don't think the MSM reflects a majority opinion, if it did then they would not be losing viewers and the Print Media would not be losing readers which is the main reason that many Online Print Media are now Subscription Only because the general revenue has dropped. There is minimal Objective Journalism now, they are no longer neutral and unbiased instead of Objective Journalism it's predominantly a mixture of the journalists personal beliefs and political bias even if they are not in general supposed to be writing about Politics, you could have an article about ANYTHING and at some point they would have to have a mini political and/or social rant included.

Those are private companies. You are not forced to be on those platforms any more than you are forced to be here, abiding by the terms, conditions and discretions of the moderators of USMB making arbitrary decisions.

I disagree with what Twitter and Facebook are doing BTW. But they are private businesses, and they have every right to determine the content of their platform.

If you don’t like it, don’t go there. Better yet, start your own platform, like Rupert Murdoch did with Fox News 25 years ago. FYI MySpace is still around.
The argument that they are private companies doesn't wash. Between them, the Apple, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter control about 90% of social media. back in the late 1800s, when Standard oil controlled only 80% of the refining business, Congress passed the Sherman anti-trust act and broke up the company. Can any of you snowflakes explain why the same shouldn't be done with FaceBook and YouTube?

Because Ronnie Raygunz gutted the anti-trust legislation.
 
The MSM in ALL Western nations are Enemies of The Peoples, they are Fifth Columns they should be monitored as the Subversives they are and their HQs should be raided and in America CNN should certainly be shut down and various Subversive Journalists at CNN and The New York Times and The Washington Post should be arrested for Sedition.

No, they are the “enemies” of a minority of very narrow-minded ideological people who claim to speak for “the people” but who give lip service to freedoms and instead want to impose their narrow vision on everyone else.

Pretty ironic considering what Twitter and especially Facebook are doing, which is doing their best to shut down ALL differing opinions so that ONLY a narrow vision is accepted and everything outside of that narrow vision is not tolerated and I don't think the MSM reflects a majority opinion, if it did then they would not be losing viewers and the Print Media would not be losing readers which is the main reason that many Online Print Media are now Subscription Only because the general revenue has dropped. There is minimal Objective Journalism now, they are no longer neutral and unbiased instead of Objective Journalism it's predominantly a mixture of the journalists personal beliefs and political bias even if they are not in general supposed to be writing about Politics, you could have an article about ANYTHING and at some point they would have to have a mini political and/or social rant included.

Those are private companies. You are not forced to be on those platforms any more than you are forced to be here, abiding by the terms, conditions and discretions of the moderators of USMB making arbitrary decisions.

I disagree with what Twitter and Facebook are doing BTW. But they are private businesses, and they have every right to determine the content of their platform.

If you don’t like it, don’t go there. Better yet, start your own platform, like Rupert Murdoch did with Fox News 25 years ago. FYI MySpace is still around.
The argument that they are private companies doesn't wash. Between them, the Apple, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter control about 90% of social media. back in the late 1800s, when Standard oil controlled only 80% of the refining business, Congress passed the Sherman anti-trust act and broke up the company. Can any of you snowflakes explain why the same shouldn't be done with FaceBook and YouTube?

Because Ronnie Raygunz gutted the anti-trust legislation.
Reagan didn't do a thing to the anti-trust legislation, dingbat.
 
They're already too close to government. These social media platforms want to be regulated. It's in their interest to be regulated. It's a perfect marriage. These social media platforms share a common goal with the government in that they both want to narrow the range of debate. The government doesn't want people questioning the government and neither do the social media platforms because they're doing the government's bidding. Given that reality, the very last thing we want to do is give the government more power because it's a long term, likely permanent interaction between the two.

Competition is the only real solution, because you're not gonna shut down the big companies. After all, they're in bed with the government already. But technological competition is doable if you're only concerned with a particular message. Sadly, you're relegated to radio and small tv networks. But it's something realistic.

Unforutunately, platforms like this serve no real purpose aside from leisure discourse. There's no mission statement or common goal. And darned certainly no synergy.

The real problem is a generation or so from now people are going to grow up believing the role of government consists of this kind of thing when in reality they lack any authority. People are already getting softened to accept that the government has the right to fondle their balls at the airport. It's only going to get worse. As always, all in the name of safety.
 
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The post has been up for a couple of days and by now it's easy to see that it is similar to the craziness that Nazi propaganda attempted in the 30's. The post deliberately left out certain words that were in the polling data such as "would you give the president the authority to shut down media sources IF THEY WERE ACTING IN A CRIMINAL MANNER". The link indicated that only 23% of republicans would give the president the authority to shut down CNN which is the primary focus of media hatred. So what are we left with? A deliberate attempt by the angry crazy left to distort public opinion with fake news.
 

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