Posted on 11/26/2018 2:45:20 PM PST by blam
President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon proposed the creation of a new, United States-funded television network to compete with CNN globally.
“While CNN doesn’t do great in the United States based on ratings, outside of the U.S. they have very little competition,” Trump tweeted. “Throughout the world, CNN has a powerful voice portraying the United States in an unfair.... and false way. 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!”
The president has had a rocky relationship with the network and recently revoked the hard press pass of CNN Chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta. A federal judge later ruled in favor of the network after CNN filed a federal lawsuit. Acosta has since regained access to the White House.
Acosta's press pass was suspended earlier this month after he engaged in a contentious back-and-forth with President Trump during a press conference. Acosta refused to pass the microphone to a female White House aide and there was brief contact between the two. Later in the day, the White House revoked Acosta’s credential.
CNN filed the subsequent suit against the Trump administration, demanding the White House restore the star reporter's press pass, a move White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders labeled “more grandstanding from CNN.”
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Sure, create more copies of that.
I thought Trump was supposed to be smart.
NPR.
We taxpayers already own that crap sandwich.
What would be the big deal of using that as a starting point? And using it effectively as a means to promote free speech as it pertains to real (not fake) news.
I think he means a souped-up version of Voice of America.
His point is that CNN showing everyone around the world how rotten and evil America is 24/7 is having a corrosive effect.
Of course Deep Staters have hijacked VOA so it’s a problem too.
Trolling Excellency
The President had his chance and blew it
To solve the CNN problem he should not have allowed ATT to purchase Time Warner
Once we had “The Voice of America” that broadcast encouraging words to the enslaved people of Europe and the world. The Marxists replaced them with NPR and CNN.
Maybe they could start a Sponge Bob news show more people watch his show than CNN.
How about hijacking PBS
The Justice Dept tried to block the merger but a judge overruled them
One America Network.
We have it already!!
That’s right, I’ve been suggesting that for years.
He does not mean a public network. He means a network owned by private patriotic Americans.
+1
ATT wants CNN.
Fight vertical control of news!!!
Breakup Comcast!!!
Don’t we have an Armed Forces Network?
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