Posted on 02/27/2016 1:22:49 PM PST by MLL
Donald Trump is going after the media, threatening to sue publications for writing negatively about him.
During a Friday rally in Texas, Trump launched into a monologue about how he felt that the media was treating him unfairly, alleging that the New York Times and Washington Post, in particular, were not covering him well.
"The New York Times, which is losing a fortune, which is a failing newspaper, which probably won't be around much longer ... but I think the New York Times is one of the most dishonest media outlets I've ever seen in my life," the businessman said. "They have an agenda that you wouldn't believe."
"If I become president, oh, do they have problems. They're gonna have such problems," Trump said.
He added:
One of the things I'm gonna do, and this is only gonna make it tougher for me, and I've never said this before, but one of the things I'm gonna do if I win ... is I'm gonna open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're gonna open up those libel laws.
So that when the New York Times writes a hit piece which is a total disgrace, or when the Washington Post ... writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money, instead of having no chance of winning because they're totally protected.
Trump continued his speech, threatening to roll back the media's First Amendment protections in the Constitution.
"With me, they're not protected, because I'm not like other people... We're gonna open up those libel laws, folks, and we're gonna have people sue you like you never got sued before," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
BINGO!!
He’s aware, he just does not care.
Trump will run through America and the Constitution with a flame thrower. Sadly, all too many “conservatives” support that approach. He’s a modern day Sherman’s March.
I have doubts he has bothered to read either...Trump let’s what ever comes into his mind come out of his mouth. I have maintained that I would vote for him if he is nominated but his supporters make it harder and harder. They really are at a new level of annoyance!!!
I don’t blame you.
I see unhinged rant after unhinged rant from Trump supporters, some even saying people should be killed for (insert offense), all the while accusing Cruz supporters of being deranged.
No, that’s NOT a movement I’m going to get behind. I want nothing to do with that. Ever.
(edited for goof up)
I’m.
Not.
Running.
For.
President.
Got anything to back that up with?
"Constitution? What is this Constitution thing people keep talking about?" - Donald Trump.
Since you agree with me, please explain how one “opens up libel laws”?
You
are
calling
people
you
disagree
with
names
while
condemning
others
for
it!!
It
Matters
not
if
you
that
you
are
not
running!!!
“The 1st Amendment prohibits the government from stopping speech against it...not against people.”
This is indisputably false.
Maybe when you grow up, you’ll understand.
Headlines, the Detroit News:
"Captain Jack Aubrey of FreeRepublic is an Alleged Pedophile."
"According to ANONYMOUS SOURCES" Captain Jack Aubrey was allegedly seen leading two children off a playground into a wooded area where he is alleged to have.............The investigation is ongoing."
Freedom of speech is a wonderful thing isn't it?
95% of the “Press” in America are Traitorous Leftist, what Trump is talking about is mild soup compared to what I wish we could do to them.
I would imagine it would have to go through Congress.
You use that a lot...shows a lack of imagination. How old are you??
Defamation Law, perhaps you’re heard of it? The 1st Amendment does not protect speech or the press when it damages another, surely you know this. What Trump is referring to is quite recent court decisions that have tilted toward increasingly holding the press unaccountable.
“The 1964 case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, however, radically changed the nature of libel law in the United States by establishing that public officials could win a suit for libel only when they could prove the media outlet in question knew either that the information was wholly and patently false or that it was published “with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not”. Later Supreme Court cases barred strict liability for libel and forbid libel claims for statements that are so ridiculous as to be patently false. Recent cases have added precedent on defamation law and the Internet.”
Trump is proposing trashing the first amendment and the trumpanzees cheer.
Boy can’t wait till trump hands the irs his ‘enemies’ list he will make Obama look like a piker.
Thin skinned malignant narcissist like obama
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