I have to ask you. Who wins the ball game, the one who puts more points on the score board or the one who has more fans in the stands.?
Whatever you say.
The problem is that Trump now has free reign to call ANY critical reporting of him (even if it is 100% valid) “fake news.” That’s extremely dangerous.
I don’t disagree that Mr Trump won the Presidency by winning the EC. What I dispute is his claim that his win was the big win he thinks and keeps telling the American people that it was. He won 3 states that were deciding factors by only about 1%. It certainly was not the biggest since Reagan. It certainly was not the biggest for a Republican since Reagan. In fact since 1972, it was actually the 3rd smallest after GW Bush and Jimmy Carter. The Cubs won the 2016 WS. But it even took them extra innings in game 7 to eek out a 1-run victory on the scoreboard.
Exactly
people who stay informed and do their homework, know what is fake and what is real. The press is challenged right now. THEY are the ones suppressing the truth and caught in it up to their eyeballs.
Only if they work outside of their own bubble.
The unsavory aspects of Sanger’s background are widely known. On the other hand, the organization that she founded is viewed favorably by some 60% of Americans. Hard to imagine a story on this award as having legs. On the other hand, the KKK is seen very negatively by most Americans. This is why accepting an award from them would be newsworthy.
Hillary this and Hillary that. Hillary is not the POTUS. I don’t know which is more tiresome. The devotees of Trump deflecting to Hillary or to Obama when they can’t offer any other defense of whom they follow. :yawn:
Good points.
Point taken.I don’t disagree that Mr Trump won the Presidency by winning the EC. What I dispute is his claim that his win was the big win he thinks and keeps telling the American people that it was. He won 3 states that were deciding factors by only about 1%. It certainly was not the biggest since Reagan. It certainly was not the biggest for a Republican since Reagan. In fact since 1972, it was actually the 3rd smallest after GW Bush and Jimmy Carter. The Cubs won the 2016 WS. But it even took them extra innings in game 7 to eek out a 1-run victory on the scoreboard.
(No offense Cubs fans to the Cubs. They are truly a good team and should be in the NL mix again this yr)
Remember, Term LImits give more power to unelected legislative aides and congressional staffers.Term limits across the board for congress,senate.
He’s always had that freedom, as has every President before him, and every other citizen. The problem isn’t Trump calling out fake news, the problem is the news media reporting fake news. This didn’t start with Trump’s presidency. Some of us are old enough to remember the fake news story about George Bush’s National Guard service.
I don’t remember calls of suppressing the press whenever Obama went on his tirades about talk radio and Fox News.
Oh, really? Nah, I don’t think so.
I gave the example of France and their laws silencing criticism of abortion, and Australia with laws like 18C targeting people like Archbishop Julian Porteous and those who speak out against same sex marriage or abortion being accused of ‘hate speech’ and targeted by the law. I can give more examples.
Selective outrage indeed.
Sorry to be come back to the topic of the thread, but we were talking about McCain’s comments about Trump - IOW the US.
Wait a minute… no shifting sands…
While your link does refer to an anti-Trump protest at a university campus, it does not support the serious charge of incitement by Clinton. Assimilation of politicians to Hitler has, btw, been explicitly forbidden on this forum.
There is a clear matter of proportion involved. When you refer to the press, not simply as wrong or partisan, but as ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, a clear line has been crossed.
You mean when he makes what YOU think are outrageous statements. I happen to agree wih the President’s assessment of the media. They have been the enemy of the American people for a long time pushing a liberal agenda while pretending to be objective.
Exactly. They have always pushed the liberal agenda. They are just upset the POTUS is republican and has the guts to call them out on their biased unfair reporting.