And someone tell me what is wrong with licensing all reporters anyway?
I get that we should have a Free Press and all. But name me one other profession that does not license and regulate those who practice it.
Journalists need to be held accountable. But because the majority have gone to the liberal dark side with their lies and fake news - it is high time to reign these creeps in.
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Pulling and granting White House press credentials is a valid option, well within the President’s authority.
Licensing reporters is completely a totalitarian move, and definitely a First Amendment violation.
“And someone tell me what is wrong with licensing all reporters anyway?”
Did someone hijack your FR account?
No one needs to be licensed to exercise their first amendment rights.
It is the elitist owners and journalists of the news media who would love to implement licensing in order to further dominate and control everything people see and hear.
The “press” is not a class of people. It is the generic term for a means to disseminate information.
That being said, the president is free to use his bully pulpit and his control of access to White House press briefings to separate the wheat from the chaff among the professional reporters and their respective news organizations.
Trump should continue calling out fake news. And Drudge should put down the crack pipe.
Who is the licensing agency and what are the criterion? The real issue is that all of the major news agencies are owned by multinationals that have a distinctly anti MAGA agenda. The solution is in the works, net based news services proliferating like fleas. The cream will rise to the top and the people will be informed. Take heart in the knowledge that in spite of 90% bad press POTUS’ support is growing. That is certainly not because of the efforts of the MSM. The citizenry is going outside the MSM to learn about the world we live in.