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Paramount
rank | Tue Aug 07 23:17:57 2018 48% of the Republicans said that the media is the enemy of the people, and 43% of the Republicans said that Donald Trump should have the authority to shut down news outlets that engage in "bad behavior". Madness. Americans' Views on the Media Ipsos poll shows almost a third of the American people agree that the news media is the enemy http://www...ericans-views-media-2018-08-07 Some of the limits of public support for freedom of the press are made stark with a quarter of Americans (26%) saying they agree “the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior,” including a plurality of Republicans (43%). [...] almost a third of the American people (29%) agree with the idea that “the news media is the enemy of the American people,” including a plurality of Republicans (48%). |
Rugian
rank | Wed Aug 08 00:11:27 2018 Executive Order—Arrest and Imprisonment of Irresponsible Newspaper Reporters and Editors May 18, 1864 Major-General John A. Drx, Commanding at New York: Whereas there has been wickedly and traitorously printed and published this morning in the New York World and New York Journal of Commerce, newspapers printed and published in the city of New York, a false and spurious proclamation purporting to be signed by the President and to be countersigned by the Secretary of State, which publication is of a treasonable nature, designed to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States and to the rebels now at war against the Government and their aiders and abettors, you are therefore hereby commanded forthwith to arrest and imprison in any fort or military prison in your command the editors, proprietors, and publishers of the aforesaid newspapers, and all such persons as, after public notice has been given of the falsehood of said publication, print and publish the same with intent to give aid and comfort to the enemy; and you will hold the persons so arrested in close custody until they can be brought to trial before a military commission for their offense. You will also take possession by military force of the printing establishments of the New York World and Journal of Commerce, and hold the same until further orders, and prohibit any further publication therefrom. A. LINCOLN. ---- Do it, Mr. President. Become our second Lincoln (who you are already more popular than, btw). Dispatch these traitors once and for all. #InfowarsShallBeAvenged |
murder
rank | Wed Aug 08 00:16:02 2018 The same people that were outraged at Obama governing by executive order, think the Constitution shouldn't apply to Donald Trump. I'm sure that everyone is surprised. |
Rugian
rank | Wed Aug 08 00:19:17 2018 Trump isn't a Muslim. |
murder
rank | Wed Aug 08 00:28:58 2018 No, Trump is a disgusting retard. |
Forwyn
rank | Wed Aug 08 04:27:16 2018 "Muslim" "disgusting retard" Why are you repeating what he said? |
tumbleweed
rank | Wed Aug 08 04:41:47 2018 are we going to stop finding it funny yet that this imbecile child is destroying the country? |
Rugian
rank | Wed Aug 08 04:44:00 2018 *destroying the corrupt media establishment FTFY. For the record, we're just looking for a few good waterboardings of Jim Acosta until he learns how to not be such a drama queen at press briefings. Nothing of value is being lost. |
tumbleweed
rank | Wed Aug 08 07:22:15 2018 you realize that 43% think Fox & Friends & Hannity are quality news programs, right? those are the shows their idiot hero promotes as real news |
Pillz
rank | Wed Aug 08 08:51:54 2018 It's depressing but even hot rod is more informed than 90% of minorities. |
Pillz
rank | Wed Aug 08 08:52:21 2018 Meaning democratic voters, ofc |
Hot Rod
rank | Wed Aug 08 09:17:48 2018 I'm on the verge of saying, why not. facebook and friends are rewriting their algorithms to take away 40% to 50% of Conservative volumes. |
Cold Rod
rank | Wed Aug 08 10:37:11 2018 "It's depressing but even hot rod is more informed than 90% of minorities." Well this means obviously you don't pay attention to what hot rod posts and attempts to discuss. Because if you did....this wouldn't have been uttered but you. |
hood
rank | Wed Aug 08 14:55:29 2018 "It's depressing but even hot rod is more informed than 90% of minorities." I guess if you remove a requirement to have accurate information, hot rod is "more informed". But then again, retards don't exactly push standards of accuracy so I'm unsurprised by this opinion of yours. |
tumbleweed
rank | Wed Aug 08 18:08:17 2018 people attending Trump rallies probably receive more false information than any rally attender of any politician in history |
murder
rank | Wed Aug 08 22:34:15 2018 http://goo.gl/HUuKD8 Boo! |
murder
rank | Wed Aug 08 22:37:18 2018 I wonder what the orange is there to cover up. |
murder
rank | Wed Aug 08 22:45:52 2018 "I'm on the verge of saying, why not." ^ libertarian |
Hot Rod
rank | Thu Aug 09 14:46:21 2018 But, I did not and never will. ^^^not a libertarian. |
murder
rank | Thu Aug 09 16:51:28 2018 You're not a libertarian? I have a hard time keeping track of everyone. :o) |
Peter Walsh
rank | Thu Aug 16 13:28:59 2018 http://www...-enemy-of-the-people/781493620 Poll: Majority of GOP agrees news media 'enemy of the people' 51% of GOP respondents agree with Trump |
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