Dan Rather: Trump criticism of media is 'straight out of Orwell'

The Hill ^ | July 28, 2018 | Jacqueline Thomsen

[Zakeet]

Veteran journalist Dan Rather said on Friday that President Trump’s false statements about and attacks on the media are "straight out of Orwell."

The former longtime CBS News anchor told CNN’s Don Lemon that Trump is "authoritarian" and wants people to believe that "the one and only truth comes from him."

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"As several people have said before me, he is not just attacking the truth, he wants to annihilate the truth," the former anchor added. "He wants to move us completely into the post-truth political era in which there’s no such thing as objective facts."

Rather added that there "has been some desperation" in Trump's recent attacks ... "And as he gets more desperate he takes bigger risks in telling bigger lies or more often telling lies. And telling people, 'look, don’t believe what you read or see anywhere else, just come to me. I have the ultimate truth, I am the way,' " Rather said.

[Psalm 144]

I know. They completely miss the point. Like that malignant tumor McCain, mocking the ‘hobbits’. Of course, Gollum that his is, that’s his nature.

[kearnyirish2]

He doesn’t believe any of it; he was in the lying business long before this gem from Mika: “Well, I think that the dangerous, you know, edges here are that he is trying to undermine the media and trying to make up his own facts. And it could be that while unemployment and the economy worsens, he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think. And that, that is our job”

[joshua c]

One more comment.

Should a free press be unaccountable for their lies?

Shouldnt a free press also be an independent press?

[JohnBrowdie]

“fake but accurate” was the high watermark for liberal and MSM lunacy.

[panzerkamphwageneinz]

This is perfect

[panzerkamphwageneinz]

This is perfect

[RRismyhero]

Spit water all over my keyboard and screen. Now THAT was funny.

[MrEdd]

Fake news has been common throughout recorded history.

[mom.mom]

“they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.” ― George Orwell, Animal Farm

[tinyowl]

Really Mr. Fake-but-True? Here's something Orwell actually wrote,

“there are laws to protect the freedom of the press’s speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press”

[bray]

That’s tighter than a rusted lug nut on a 57 Ford pickup.

[ExSES]

Dan Blather wouldn't recognize the "Truth" if it bit him on his A**!

[gigster]

Dan Rather is straight out of the Twilight Zone.

[Vendome]

[Vendome]

[Bommer]

......and Dan Rathers opinion....straight out his ass! When only CNN finds you relevant......you aren’t.

[Robert DeLong]

Well that’s fair, because most media reporting is straight out of Orwell as well. They put Pravda to shame.

[lizma2]

We are probably watching Orwell in real time!

[Lurkinanloomin]

It sure seems like it.

[TADSLOS]

Dan Rather.

“Fake but Accurate”.

Karma’s a bitch, Dan.

Loony Leftist.