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Posted on 02/22/2025 2:18:56 PM PST by Libloather
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social early Saturday morning to blast MSNBC as a “threat to our democracy.”
“MSNBC, COMMONLY KNOWN AS MSDNC, IS A THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY. SUCH LYING AND MISREPRESENTATION. BAD PEOPLE AT THE TOP,” Trump wrote.
Trump railed against MSNBC last month as well, questioning whether the news outlet should “even have a right to broadcast”.
“MSDNC is even worse than CNN. They shouldn’t even have a right to broadcast — Only in America!,” Trump posted to Truth Social, responding to a report from Mediaite about CNN facing layoffs.
These comments from Trump come amidst battles between the president and multiple other news outlets.
The Associated Press was barred from White House Events after the outlet ignored Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its reporting. The White House’s barring of the news outlet was listed as the primary reason the outlet is now suing the White House.
Trump is also involved in another lawsuit against CBS, in which he is seeking damages for what he claims to be deceptive editing of the now notorious “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
MSNBC’s parent company, NBCUniversal, recently settled a lawsuit against them after the outlet claimed Georgia gynecologist Dr. Mahendra Amin performed unnecessary hysterectomies at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center.
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Of course he’s wrong. Freedom of speech is only hard when it’s stuff you don’t like. I get to decide what I watch and what I believe. Period.
Attacking MSNBC....
Music to my ears.
Love it.
Bump!
The troll master.
No, he’s not. You have no idea what you might bring upon yourself. No apologies, no backing up, no compromise with these evil people. Get Trump’s FBI to come after me. You need to shut your mouth and go away.
We’ve been waiting a very long time for someone to push back against these lying evil bastards - God Bless you President Trump!
Such smart TVs as the Samsung with versions in 2008 and more in 2012(plus laptops and smart phones) have had not only tracking capability for service providers such as streaming subscriptions, but have had cameras looking at you.
And watching your internet searches unless you used a VPN. If the Left regains the government it could use the information when you decide what to watch. Including your grimacing or smiling as you watch various TV ads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZiE3rSycZc
He isn’t wrong, yes. 100% correct. And they are in ALL levels, not just the top.
You’re right and wrong. Free speech is good and lying to interfere with an election is bad. Lying/slander and defaming are bad.
I guess you don’t like freedom of speech either. Don’t like it? Don’t watch it. It’s not hard.
Trump is right to sue these liars and slanderers, but if he really believes they shouldn’t be allowed to broadcast, period, then he just comes off as a cross between Mussolini and Hector Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.
C’mon, Mr. President! You can do better, and you will!
No he is not. Calling them a threat to democracy for spewing lies isn’t culling their right to do so. But slander is a legal matter.
I think the “mainstream” media are abusive to the American people, but I don’t like the whole “Our Democracy” canard. I soured on that term when I realized “Our Democracy” meant “Our Rule” during the last administration.
Who knows? Maybe Trump does actually mean Democracy instead of Rule.
Go after them in court then. Like he did with ABC. I’m all for it. It’s the lack of accountability that has allowed free speech to get out of control. People should be allowed to say almost anything as long as they are held to account for it. Can’t yell fire in a theatre or incite violence for example. Hold them accountable. But when I say I support more free speech than somebody else and the response is to shut up and go away I think they just proved my point.
[“Our Democracy” canard.]
I agree. Here’s hoping that President Trump will use “Our Constitutional Republic” a lot too
He’s trying to play a little at the Democrats’ own words to stir them up....lol
Saying they are a threat is his free speech right.
I agree he can say they are a threat. He can say whatever he wants also. I got the impression that he wanted to use the power of the presidency to eliminate the networks ability to broadcast. You know. Like Facebook and Twitter and cancelling and deplatforming and all the things we said were wrong. They still are. Just because we are now in control does not make it right.
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