Donald Trump has had it up to here with US media outlets reporting the real news instead of the news he wants reported — so, he’s calling for a state-run news agency to counter what he calls “fake news” from CNN and other news outlets.
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“While CNN doesn’t do great in the United States based on ratings, outside of the US they have very little competition,” Trump said via Twitter. “Throughout the world, CNN has a powerful voice portraying the United States in an unfair and false way.”
He added: “Something has to be done, including the possibility of the United States starting our own Worldwide Network to show the World the way we really are, GREAT!”
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While CNN doesn’t do great in the United States based on ratings, outside of the U.S. they have very little competition. Throughout the world, CNN has a powerful voice portraying the United States in an unfair….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2018
Donald Trump has been involved in a long-standing feud with CNN for some time now and continues to claim that the network is an “enemy of the people.” However, Trump often speaks glowingly of Fox News, likely because they always do his bidding and are already seen by legitimate journalists as a de facto state-run news outlet.
By calling for a state-run news media, ‘The Donald’ is attempting to trample all over the Constitution’s freedom of the press amendment, squelch genuine news reporting, and establish a propaganda machine that will report only what he wants reported. However, authoritarian regimes such as North Korea and China already operate this way by regularly monitoring and controlling their news outlets. So, NEWSFLASH: this ain’t North Korea or China.
The US has always been and will always be a democracy. It doesn’t need a state-run news media to serve as the mouthpiece of Donald Trump.
After all, isn’t that what Twitter has already become for him?
The US has always been and will always be a democracy. It doesn’t need a state-run news media to serve as the mouthpiece of Donald Trump. After all, isn’t that what Twitter has already become for him? […] – DJ Yes. Twitter and Faux News….those are his “state-run media.” And given the news that just broke within the hour the little “wannabe dictator” is gonna need Twitter and Faux to push his bullsh*t into high gear. I’m at work watching it unfold online. Michael Cohen just stuck a knife into Trump’s world by pleading “GUILTY” to LYING to Congress about Trump’s business dealings with Russia. Of course Trump will try like h*ll to play all this down. His supporters and Repub sycophants will PRETEND that none of this matters. But ALL of them (including Trump) know darn well that it’s highly likely now that Mueller has uncovered quite a bit… Read more »