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Ccarmona

(1,180 posts)
Sun Sep 25, 2016, 01:57 PM Sep 2016

Trump Campaign Says Media Shouldn't Be Fact Checkers.

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-no-factcheck-please-56950561d41c?source=featured

This is a chilling statement that gives a major clue as to how the media will be shuttered by a Trump regime. What should the media do then, just rollover and confirm all Trump lies as the truth. Orwell would be proud.
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Trump Campaign Says Media Shouldn't Be Fact Checkers. (Original Post) Ccarmona Sep 2016 OP
Media winetourdriver Sep 2016 #1
JMHO, bur I think he wants to force Hillary into being the fact checker. Arkansas Granny Sep 2016 #2
Gee I bet Chuck Todd agrees DonCoquixote Sep 2016 #3
Ignorance is Strength. Minitrue and Newspeak. uppityperson Sep 2016 #4
If Not The Media & Journalists - Then Who?.... global1 Sep 2016 #5
If it is not the job of the 4th estate to inform the citizens, then they need to go away immediately onecaliberal Sep 2016 #6
Of course they do Warpy Sep 2016 #7

Arkansas Granny

(31,869 posts)
2. JMHO, bur I think he wants to force Hillary into being the fact checker.
Sun Sep 25, 2016, 02:04 PM
Sep 2016

If she has to spend her time exposing his lies, she looks negative and doesn't have as much opportunity to get her own point across.

onecaliberal

(36,318 posts)
6. If it is not the job of the 4th estate to inform the citizens, then they need to go away immediately
Sun Sep 25, 2016, 02:32 PM
Sep 2016

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
7. Of course they do
Sun Sep 25, 2016, 03:25 PM
Sep 2016

Wouldn't want their boy's LIES to be outed publicly, would they? People might not vote for someone whose lies were transparent enough to be checked on the spot by some media person. Why, it's UNFAIR to be expected to tell the truth to people!

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