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Re:Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, stud... by ikeyany on Friday December 06, 2019 @12:50PM (#21724213)
That is not factually correct. He revokes press credentials of journalists who criticize him. He encourages people to attack journalists, and some of his supporters have already done so.

I advise caution against spreading false information so blithely.

Re:Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, stud... by gotoeleven on Friday December 06, 2019 @01:17PM (#21724504)
Im just curious what journalists you're talking about. He tried to revoke Jim Acosta's for being very uncordial (to put it lightly), and he revoked Bloombergs after they said they would only investigate him and not Democrats. Are there others? If he revoked the credentials of everyone who criticized him then there would be hardly any left...
Re:Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, stud... by ikeyany on Friday December 06, 2019 @04:59PM (#21726403)
Re:Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, stud... by gotoeleven on Friday December 06, 2019 @05:23PM (#21726604)
This might be a better description of what happened, without the paywall and a bit less histrionics.

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/white-house-press-passes...

Re:Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, stud... by will4274 on Friday December 06, 2019 @01:47PM (#21724782)
He certainly does not revoke press credentials of journalists just for criticizing him. He did revoke the credentials of a single journalist who was apparently incapable of waiting his turn and repeatedly interrupted the press conference.

I'd advise you to heed your own advice about spreading false information.

Re:Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, stud... by ikeyany on Friday December 06, 2019 @04:59PM (#21726402)
Re:Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, stud... by ghostwriter on Saturday December 07, 2019 @04:56AM (#21729399)
How is it different to Obama's presidency?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/obama-whose-admin...

Re:Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, stud... by duckMuppet on Sunday December 08, 2019 @02:09AM (#21734720)
It's different because Trump is not their guy..

I'm guessing he said very little when Maxine Waters, among several other politicians made several direct and open statements such as, "you confront them restaurants, gas stations, shopping places, and even their homes".

Further, there is a huge push by news agencies to inhibit the flow and regain control of information. The recent Gayle King interview with Mark Zuckerburg is a great example of this. She was absolutely beside herself that Zuck wouldn't censor certain ads (unlike some other platforms), implying several times that people were just too stupid to evaluate and assess for themselves.. It was pretty ironic to hear Zuck say several times that people should be able to make up their own minds to a journo. But that's where we're at.

I think Trump is garbage, but the truth is that anyone spouting such nonsense as above about Trump really care little about truth, they are about agenda, which is fine if they were just honest about it. They associate Trump with this pie in the sky extreme view of some nefarious journalism censorship happenings. Yeh no.. They Got their credentials revoked, a privilege... Try that shit in a country with an actual dictator and you end up diced in pieces and taken out the back and put in a dumpster or they put you in jail and they let you out in 20 years or so.

Re:Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, stud... by ikeyany on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @09:53AM (#21762850)
Again, I encourage you from making this a partisan issue. Previous presidents like Bush would never encourage attacks against his opponents or against members of the media. Do you not remember when Trump said 2nd Amendment people should take care of Hillary?
Re:Freedom of expression is at a ten-year low globally, stud... by ikeyany on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @09:51AM (#21762838)
When has Bush encouraged attacks against his opponents and the media? This really isn't a partisan issue.