[annieokie]

Since that is just a hypothetical which would never happen, I am for Freedom of the Press, Free speech all around, without that we have no Free Nation. We would have Russia, Cuba or any Dictatorial nation. You want that?

Free Republic would even be effected, you would not be able to voice any opinion., you want that?

We may not like what they write, and detest their motives, but it is still the best way to weed out fraud, corruption and all other sorts of illegal activity no matter who it is.

Without the press there would never have been a Watergate.

[ConservativeMind]

All of the anti-Trump people on this thread appear to have not read this article. This is NOT how the press was handled until the crazy 1960’s. From the link:

Since 1964, when the Supreme Court ruled on “New York Times vs. Sullivan,” public individuals who wish to sue media companies for libel are required to prove that the news organization knowingly published false information with malicious intent.

The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said in 2012 that he “abhors” the ruling, saying it gives news organizations the freedom to “libel public figures at will so long as somebody told you something.”

Have you thought back to when “news” stopped being “news?”

Trump is completely right on this.