rightwinger
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We have a freeer press than at any time in our historyWhat the Left considers a free press is the public relations firms that CNN, MSNBC and Democrat Underground were for President obama. Sorry, guy, but the Left lost and you're bitching because President Trump is treating CNN like obama did FOX News early in his administration.The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.
In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.
how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.
Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.
The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:
Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com
In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.
Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me
A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight
GET OVER IT.
Trumps enemy list gets longer by the day. Blocking out questions does not make them go away. The press has a job to do. Trump sneering.....
You better be nice to me
Is not a solution
A hyper-partisan press is a free press. Your statement is nothing but fluff. What we don't have is an impartial press, despite the exhortations of the progressive leaning media.
And he did answer questions, you just didn't like the answers.
We have a more open press than any time in history. I have access to hundreds of press reports at my finger tips. Some may be partisan one way or the other but most will be somewhere in the middle. Trump is at war with any press that is not far right