[Cicero]

It’s not an attack on free speech. It’s an attack on deliberate, criminal lies.

The news media have different laws from the rest of us. They can get away with blatant, deliberate lies and not be sued for libel. And they do it, constantly. Against decent people and in support of their communist principles.

What he’s saying is that the news media don’t deserve to have a special privilege to tell dirty lies that is denied to the rest of us.

[mquinn]

> It’s not an attack on free speech. It’s an attack on deliberate, criminal lies.

Indeed, but we already have libel laws on the books. I do not wish to give the federal government more power in this area, they have enough.

[FreeReign]

The news media have different laws from the rest of us. They can get away with blatant, deliberate lies and not be sued for libel. And they do it, constantly. Against decent people and in support of their communist principles.

What specific laws are you talking about?

[PGalt]

It’s not an attack on free speech. It’s an attack on deliberate, criminal lies.

BUMP!

Ra^thergate

[Republican Wildcat]

The news media have different laws from the rest of us. They can get away with blatant, deliberate lies and not be sued for libel

That is not accurate sir. They can indeed to be sued for libel. Trump is talking about the greater scrutiny of suits by public figures that is given. His proposal sounds quite tyrannical - keep the mouths of the plebes shut under threat of lawsuit by the wealthy elite and powerful politicians. It is one of the scariest things I have ever heard proposed openly by a candidate for office.