Trump Revokes Washington Post’s Press Credentials

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15 Jun 2016, 8:39 am

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15 Jun 2016, 8:43 am

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Well ... he's not running for Congress, at least ... :roll:

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15 Jun 2016, 8:55 am

Good!

Washington Post can still report on him all they want, Trump does not have to facilitate such a fallacious publication by giving them press passes when so many others would love to take their place. These are his private events, they are guests of Mr Trump!

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15 Jun 2016, 9:03 am

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... These are his private events, they are guests of Mr Trump!

If they're so private, then why invite any members of the press at all?

Mr. Trump is being selective, in that he wants only those members of the press who say what he wants them to say, instead of simply repeating what he actually says to them.

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15 Jun 2016, 9:39 am

Sounds like what Putin would do.

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15 Jun 2016, 9:48 am

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Sounds like what Putin would do.

... or Kim Jong Un, the governments of China, Myanmar, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Argentina, and other repressive dictatorial regimes.

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15 Jun 2016, 9:53 am

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Sounds like what Putin would do.

Actually, Trump operates even more closely along the lines of North Korea and Kim Jong Un. Both Trump and Un are known for their petulant whining and attacks, and their mutual hatred of American war heroes like McCain whom the public coward Trump denounced. The latest from Kim is that he's ordered a theme park shut down because it reminds him of his disgraced "traitor" uncle. Sounds exactly like something Trump would do and his attack on the Washington Post proves it.

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15 Jun 2016, 9:57 am

That's nonsense, Trump can pick and choose what media he wants to credential like every campaign does. Obama was/is very controlling in his access to the press, Hillary is probably the least transparent candidate barely ever talks to the press. Trump is an open book mostly, they have more access to him than any presidential candidate in history. The Washington Post can blame itself for its phony so called journalism, Amazon/Bezos might have some serious anti-trust issues as well.

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15 Jun 2016, 10:20 am

I don't like the Totalitarian tendencies of Trump, frankly. He's showing these sorts of tendencies more and more.

He wants to do the same thing with judges--recuse anybody who doesn't agree with him.

Now, he's attacking freedom of the press! I think Trump is taking the wrong road on this. This is a free country, and Trump is starting to make me think that he doesn't believe that it should be a free country.

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15 Jun 2016, 12:01 pm

Jacoby wrote:

You gave yourself a great description in that last sentence.

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15 Jun 2016, 10:41 pm

Washington Post Responds To Donald Trump

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16 Jun 2016, 2:29 pm

Jacoby wrote:

That's nonsense, Trump can pick and choose what media he wants to credential like every campaign does...

I guess so, but not even Nixon barred the Washington Post.

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16 Jun 2016, 2:43 pm

AspE wrote:

Jacoby wrote:

That's nonsense, Trump can pick and choose what media he wants to credential like every campaign does...

I guess so, but not even Nixon barred the Washington Post.

Old print media is dead, the names may live on but that's it. The Washington Post has like 24 people reporting on Trump trying to conjure up hit jobs and they've repeated broken the journalistic rule of honoring off the record comments, why don't they use some of that energy on Hillary? Bezos is in the bag for her, there is a billionaire around every corner trying to wrestle away the will of the American people. Do you expect Trump to credential Glenn Beck? or Bil Kristol? If you lose any inkling in impartiality then it would be stupid to subject yourself to questioning from them.

FWIW Trump said he won't ban them from the White House Briefing Room

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16 Jun 2016, 3:47 pm

The Washington Post long has been neither free nor independent and now is nothing more than Clinton's mouthpiece parading in newspaper clothing. When they changed their headlines on the story, it certainly appears they knew they were misleading the public about Trump's comments.

His action also doesn't prevent the Washington Post from covering him, it will just force the paper to do so from a distance. Press credentials are a privilege, not a right. And his action certainly won't reduce the volume of coverage.

As a side note, it's deja vu all over again, because in 2009, President Obama went to war with fox news. Are the liberals invoking selective memory or hypocrisy?

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16 Jun 2016, 4:52 pm

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Well that's because Fox isn't real news. There was a study that showed that fox viewers are more misinformed than people who watch no news at all.

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17 Jun 2016, 12:44 am

AspE wrote:

Jacoby wrote:

That's nonsense, Trump can pick and choose what media he wants to credential like every campaign does...

I guess so, but not even Nixon barred the Washington Post.

True, but he sicked the IRS on news organizations he did not like.

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