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Is this okay?

Yes 49 30.43%
 
No 108 67.08%
 
On the fence about the issue 4 2.48%
 
Total:161
Soundwave said:
Ljink96 said:

This is how it starts. Damn. I'd love to see somebody defend this shit.

If this was reversed and Hilary Clinton was president and banning the conservative press, calling for a war on the press, etc. one month into her presidency for asking too many questions about her emails, the Republicans would be crying bloody murder and probably calling for armed revolt and impeachment. 

Hypocrites the lot of them who silently will sit by now and say nothing. 

Sooo, what did you have to say about this since you're calling hypocrite:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/24/obama-press-pac-reporters-president-white-house_n_5618220.html

Now mind you I didn't say you were wrong but I suspect you're just as big a hypocrite as anyone else.

Here is another example probably closer to what Trump has done: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6156794&page=1



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The_Yoda said:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/24/obama-press-pac-reporters-president-white-house_n_5618220.html


Not that it makes what Trump has done right but I don't remember the members of VGCharts decrying Obama when he did something similar.  Perhaps I'm wrong and there were threads about it and I just missed them if so I will gladly eat the words coming next:

The double standards are getting old

I, myself, was never a big fan of Obama. There were things, like that (among others) that angered me about him. In my lifetime, I have never been happy with the president in office. So I am holding no double-standard here. And unfortunately, people that do defend Trump will use that article as an excuse to justify what he is doing now. In reality though, like you said, what Trump and Obama did was not okay -and neither can be used to justify the other. 



The_Yoda said:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/24/obama-press-pac-reporters-president-white-house_n_5618220.html


Not that it makes what Trump has done right but I don't remember the members of VGCharts decrying Obama when he did something similar.  Perhaps I'm wrong and there were threads about it and I just missed them if so I will gladly eat the words coming next:

The double standards are getting old

These instances weren't out of malice or anger, like Trump's. Obama never cited fake news like a whiny baby and blocked them specifically. It's not like  Obama was selective during these intstances, which were justified imo if you read the article, Trump is allowing certain outlets to be there and other's not to be there. That's an issue with self insecurity and him being afraid to be called out on shit that he's said and doesn't remember he said, and swears up and down he didn't say it, then the press brings up exact quotes and he throws a fit. Obama and Trump...no way in hell they're comparable. One has class, the other doesn't. 



Ljink96 said:
The_Yoda said:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/24/obama-press-pac-reporters-president-white-house_n_5618220.html


Not that it makes what Trump has done right but I don't remember the members of VGCharts decrying Obama when he did something similar.  Perhaps I'm wrong and there were threads about it and I just missed them if so I will gladly eat the words coming next:

The double standards are getting old

These instances weren't out of malice or anger, like Trump's. Obama never cited fake news like a whiny baby and blocked them specifically. It's not like  Obama was selective during these intstances, which were justified imo if you read the article, Trump is allowing certain outlets to be there and other's not to be there. That's an issue with self insecurity and him being afraid to be called out on shit that he's said and doesn't remember he said, and swears up and down he didn't say it, then the press brings up exact quotes and he throws a fit. Obama and Trump...no way in hell they're comparable. One has class, the other doesn't. 

What? Obama has imprisoned numerous whistleblowers and reporters:

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/10/jake-tapper/cnns-tapper-obama-has-used-espionage-act-more-all-/

https://theintercept.com/2016/04/06/obamas-gift-to-donald-trump-a-policy-of-cracking-down-on-journalists-and-their-sources/



etking said:

The press has gone too far with their campaign against Trump. If they purposely lie to the public and disobey to journalistic standards (like the so called fact checkers that claim one-sided, unproven and ideologically colored opinions to be facts) they should be held accountable because they threaten democracy.

I am a fan of free and critical press if it stays truthful, fair and honest. But here they want to destroy him and his family with whatever it takes and this goes way too far.

The press should let him do his work and criticize the results where necessary instead of spreading pure hate. He really and honestly plans to make life better and safer for everyone and this should be honored instead of being sabotaged.

And I really cannot believe that so many people here believe the bullshit written by the media about him. If you watch his speeches or conferences and read the news afterwards you will see that they are outright lying or making things up. They not only put things out of context, they often make things up and provide extremely negative headlines about things he never said or meant this way.

Instead of attacking Trump on a personal level and writing 99,9% negative artickles about him, the media should do their job and report abput the massive immigrant riots in France https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJXvHRsjzBQ , but they want to hide the truth and bring along their own political agenda.

I recall many conservative websites constantly writing terrible articles on obama on how he wasn't american, was a kenyan, muslim, anti christian, etc. Also, all the ruckus on him approving gay marriage being the end of times and whatnot.

 

Funny how you constantly defend trump. Do you not see any flaws in this man? Literally any post you make is always attacking the 'evil left' and never any factual evidence on why we should accept him.

 

If he wanted Americans to be safe and happy, he wouldn't:

 

1. Place travel bans on people who are also us citizens

2. Continue the pipeline which will harm many people

3. Roll back transgender laws

4. Plan a horrible raid in yemen which resulted in the loss of a soldier and dozens of civilians 

5. Still use an android phone and twitter, which has the ability to be hacked and cause massive damage (trump's tweet can send a stock crashing down)

6. Allow a former exxon mobil CEO to be part of his cabinet

7. Make the secretary of education a woman to wants to defund public schools

 

 

I'd continue but I know you'll say I'm brainwashed. I'll hear more about political agendas. I'll be pointed to an article about how Obama blocked reporters as well.

 

All of that is irrelevant when I can easily point out huge flaws of our current president with much more to point out, and yet all to do is constantly defend him



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Ljink96 said:
The_Yoda said:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/24/obama-press-pac-reporters-president-white-house_n_5618220.html


Not that it makes what Trump has done right but I don't remember the members of VGCharts decrying Obama when he did something similar.  Perhaps I'm wrong and there were threads about it and I just missed them if so I will gladly eat the words coming next:

The double standards are getting old

These instances weren't out of malice or anger, like Trump's. Obama never cited fake news like a whiny baby and blocked them specifically. It's not like  Obama was selective during these intstances, which were justified imo if you read the article, Trump is allowing certain outlets to be there and other's not to be there. That's an issue with self insecurity and him being afraid to be called out on shit that he's said and doesn't remember he said, and swears up and down he didn't say it, then the press brings up exact quotes and he throws a fit. Obama and Trump...no way in hell they're comparable. One has class, the other doesn't. 

From another instance that i linked above:

The campaign says that a limited number of seats forced it to make the tough decision of which journalists would be permitted to follow the Democratic presidential candidate in the last four days of the campaign, but the papers are calling foul, claiming they were targeted for their editorial-page positions and kicked off while nonpolitical publications like Glamour and Jet magazines remained on board.


Eliminated from the plane's traveling press were the Washington Times, the New York Post and the Dallas Morning News.

 

My bad I forgot Glamour and Jet magazines >  Washington Times, the New York Post and the Dallas Morning News

This instance is nearly exactly the same cherry picking of Jet and Glamour over real political publications because said publications were critical of him at the time.

In my opinion one is just a more eloquent liar than the other but to each their own.



Donald Wimp can't take the heat, so he threw out press that won't pitch him softballs in his little safe space, how typical.



Lafiel said:
Donald Wimp can't take the heat, so he threw out press that won't pitch him softballs in his little safe space, how typical.

Well, the shoe guy definitely wouldn't pitch him a softball!:



The_Yoda said:
Ljink96 said:

These instances weren't out of malice or anger, like Trump's. Obama never cited fake news like a whiny baby and blocked them specifically. It's not like  Obama was selective during these intstances, which were justified imo if you read the article, Trump is allowing certain outlets to be there and other's not to be there. That's an issue with self insecurity and him being afraid to be called out on shit that he's said and doesn't remember he said, and swears up and down he didn't say it, then the press brings up exact quotes and he throws a fit. Obama and Trump...no way in hell they're comparable. One has class, the other doesn't. 

From another instance that i linked above:

The campaign says that a limited number of seats forced it to make the tough decision of which journalists would be permitted to follow the Democratic presidential candidate in the last four days of the campaign, but the papers are calling foul, claiming they were targeted for their editorial-page positions and kicked off while nonpolitical publications like Glamour and Jet magazines remained on board.


Eliminated from the plane's traveling press were the Washington Times, the New York Post and the Dallas Morning News.

 

My bad I forgot Glamour and Jet magazines >  Washington Times, the New York Post and the Dallas Morning News

This instance is nearly exactly the same cherry picking of Jet and Glamour over real political publications because said publications were critical of him at the time.

In my opinion one is just a more eloquent liar than the other but to each their own.

just avoid it all- life is great without the media and the constant left VS right BS i see.

I swear, i can't believe how some people can think one set of beliefs is magically superior. Always laugh at the people who use terms like "evil left/right", "libtards", etc. Really childish and ignorant behaviour that stems from things that none of us can (unfortunately control). Stays the same, both sides continue to act superior until the end of time.



What a giant baby. I'd call him a man-baby, but that would involve some advancement on any level. This is a fat toddler that got taller and wrinkley, not an adult.



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