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Hanks: Calling CNN ‘Fake News’ is ‘Monkeying Around With Constitution'
MRC Newsbusters ^ | December 5, 2017 | Corinne Weaver

Posted on 12/07/2017 4:09:52 AM PST by Alas Babylon!

When did actors become the ultimate authority on the constitution?

CNN’s David Axelrod (who, lest we forget, was Obama’s political guru) interviewed actor Tom Hanks on The Axe Files on December 2, and pushed Hanks to pontificate on Donald Trump, the constitution, and fake news. When Axelrod asked Hanks whether he was “concerned” by the president “target[ing] news organizations,” Hanks responded, “As an American, it concerns me because it’s monkeying around with our Constitution.”

Again, this is David Axelrod, who worked for Barack Obama. He now has a show on CNN. He’s asking wonderfully leading questions about Donald Trump’s criticism of … CNN. Is just a little self-awareness too much to ask?

Anyway, according to Judge Hanks, media criticism is meddling with the constitution. Where is that in the amendments?

In the hour long interview, Hanks went on to talk about the fake news phenomenon: “It’s relatively obvious, I think, as what is trying to go forward. When you tear down these institutions to a level and say you can’t believe anything that is in any of them, that raises the stock of those agenda-filled other institutions and what not so that if you can’t believe them, well that means you get to believe some of the other stuff that is in these and so what is happening is that dilution, the dilution of the great … they’re throwing dirt and oil into a bucket of water. So it all becomes undrinkable after a while,” he told Axelrod, the former senior Obama official who now has a show at … CNN.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: axelrod; clintonnonnews; cnn; constitution; davidaxelrod; fakenews; hanks; hollywood; mediawingofthednc; nitwitactor; partisanmediashills; theaxefiles; tomhanks; trump
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To: Alas Babylon!

Now you know why Matt and Trey named “Mr. Hankey” after Tom.


81 posted on 12/07/2017 9:12:12 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Alas Babylon!

I think calling them fake news, is filed under freedom of speech. I think that is actually in the Constitution


82 posted on 12/07/2017 5:19:46 PM PST by nobamanomore
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Gosh, what was the Constitutional loophole when Presidents Clinton and Obama criticized Fox News? Entertainment industry nitwit alert. Partisan Media Shills alert. Thanks Alas Babylon!.

83 posted on 12/11/2017 12:43:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Alas Babylon!

One more for the list of never watch him anymore.


84 posted on 12/12/2017 9:24:34 AM PST by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Alas Babylon is right. Give him a microphone, turn up the volume and call Tom Hanks and tell him he needs to listen to this.


85 posted on 12/22/2017 3:05:13 PM PST by rovenstinez
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86 posted on 12/22/2017 3:09:43 PM PST by timestax
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87 posted on 12/22/2017 3:12:11 PM PST by timestax
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88 posted on 12/22/2017 3:15:44 PM PST by timestax
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