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To: freedomcrusader
From a another post yesterday on FR:

"......former United Nations ambassador John Bolton blasted NBC’s Chuck Todd for taking to Twitter on Thursday to attack President Trump’s “un-American” criticism of the media during a press conference: “I thought that tweet was one of the most foolish things I've seen from the media in a long time, and you know, that's a pretty low bar there. The media is not entitled to worship.....It's not entitled to respect as an institution. It’s not entitled to deference by political leaders. It is entitled under the First Amendment to say what it wants to say. That’s it...."

Trump and his White House are not going to go along to get along with the media. Trump is going to deal with these liberal wing nut reporters (and their Leftist networks) for who they really are, wannabe celebrities with inflated views of their own self-importance who many times think and act like the news is about them, instead of the story they are supposed to be covering.

Trump will alter the way the press has always dealt with in the WH and he will change the rules so they play by his game, not theirs.

How refreshing it is for a president to fight back for a change.

21 posted on 02/18/2017 7:14:00 AM PST by HotHunt
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To: HotHunt

You are so correct. It’s amazing to watch Trump in action against the media. I honestly wasn’t sure he could survive his outright declaration of war against them last summer.

That he succeeded means he should keep right on doing it.

It’s brilliant, it’s fun to watch, and above all, it works. And it will continue to work until, as you say, they change the rules by which they play somehow.

Thus far, thankfully, they’ve been too stubborn to do so.


28 posted on 02/18/2017 7:48:31 AM PST by freedomcrusader (Proudly wearing the politically incorrect label "crusader" since 1/29/2001)
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To: HotHunt
"The media is not entitled to worship.....It's not entitled to respect as an institution. It’s not entitled to deference by political leaders. It is entitled under the First Amendment to say what it wants to say. That’s it...."

Bolton nailed it. The media are the Scribes and Pharisees of our time. They demand the right to be the arbiters of morality and civility, and they are furious when people challenge that presumed right.

A preacher gives only one sermon a week, but the media sermonize every day, often on multiple topics. And they want to be OBEYED.
32 posted on 02/18/2017 7:54:38 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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