Posted on 01/27/2017 4:26:28 PM PST by digger48
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump never said he wanted to ban shows with gay-themed content from television, including Fox's "Empire," despite the claims of a widely shared story quoting him in a purported interview with Fox News. The network said the president never made such a statement, nor does he have the authority to ban programming.
The story posted on several sites, including usinfonews.com and usainfocentar.com, cites a supposed interview Trump conducted with Fox News earlier this month in which he declared that he would ban "Empire" as part of a two-year effort "to remove all shows that have too much gay activity." The story also claims Trump used a derogatory slur for gay people in the interview.
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Made up story!
How could he ban even if he wanted to!
I don’t think i’ve ever heard Trump even mention gay issues.
Is this the AP trying to be too clever by half?
Surely noobody could be dumb enough to believe it in the first place?
Surely noobody could be dumb enough to believe it in the first place?
Millions would believe it. Sorry.
Infowars= Alex Jones...the insane rumor monger
Unfortunately, I'm certain there is a VAST SWATH of people out there who believe the President of the United States can cancel TV programs.
How could Trump constitutionally “ban gay TV”???
Trump is under the Constitution just like all the feds. I hope Freepers get hold of that and monitor Trump’s actions against the Constitution. If Trump commits unconst, we should not applaud, but stand against such acts.
Remember, the only reason Obama got as far as he did is previously, the Right didn’t stop their own from committing unconstitutional acts which by definition are acts of tyranny. Right-lead tyranny is just as bad as Left-lead tyranny.
The Constitution MUST be brought front and center as the Supreme Law of the Land against the feds.
Infowars= Alex Jones...the insane rumor monger
He’s nuttier than Beck.
I thought Empire is about a family in the music business, but I only watched one episode.
There’s a whole lot of dumb out there!
I don’t see in decreasing yet.
Who would be dumb enough to write “noobody”.
Oh wait, I am.
Where is the reference to Infowars? I did not see any.
Wut? Neither Alex Jones or Infowars is mentioned anywhere in this story. Alex is a Trump supporter.
Post #14 and #15.
It's a little more believable when the foreigners running the site can spell the word 'center'.
“Surely noobody could be dumb enough to believe it in the first place?”
According to FB, Trump has already accomplished media censorship. Why wouldn’t he now begin to ban “gay”-themed television?? /s
Thanks.
Sadly, a lot of gays will believe it. Trump came out protesters thing gays over Muslims after Orlando, and never said anything else one way or the other about gays, but the democrats convinced them that he hates gays.
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