Media Pundit Unlooses Ignorant Rant [semi-satire]

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 15 Dec 2019 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

Following the release of the Department of Justice Inspector General's report detailing the FBI's covert efforts to conspire with the media to prevent the election of Donald Trump as president and to undermine his Administration, Fox News' Chris Wallace asserted that "I believe that President Trump is engaged in the most direct, sustained assault on freedom of the press in our history. He has done everything he can to undercut the media to try and delegitimize us. He has been more hostile to freedom of the press than any other president."

The fact that Wallace's contention is contradicted by history bolster's Trump's argument that the media can't be trusted to objectively report the news. Back in the 1790s, President John Adams supported a Sedition Act that led to shutting down newspapers and jailing critics of his Administration. During the 1860s President Abraham Lincoln shut down more than 300 newspapers and jailed numerous critics. More recently, President Barack Obama authorized spying on reporters who wrote stories he didn't like.

In contrast, Trump hasn't shut down any media outlets, spied on any reporters, or jailed any of his critics. All he has done is speak out against what he deems unfair news reporting. He, unlike some of his predecessors, has acted within the bounds of the First Amendment—exercising his freedom of speech to disagree with the media without interfering with their freedom to vilify him.

Bizarrely, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) contends that "the media are Trump's accomplices because all they do is enable him. Time after time they let him speak on camera. This allows viewers to see and hear him for themselves without the needed editing that could so easily be provided to filter out his lies. The media have the power to completely control how voters perceive him. Not using that power as they should will be something we'll have to fix once our Party controls all the branches of government."

if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=385633.0

[z3n]

Wallace just doesn't want to be excluded from all his media friend's Christmas holiday parties. Put a red nose on that raindeer. He has the sads and can't handle it

[gundog]

Wouldn’t “looses” suffice?

[Afterguard]

Ummm.. This is news? All they have is ignorance. And rant about it.