Further Attacks On Liberty And Freedom By The Incoming Administration
We are beginning to see who is the next target in Trump’s attempt to establish his authoritarian government. And, of course, it is the free press. If you want to establish an authoritarian government you must control the media. If you can’t control it, you simply set up a propaganda arm of the government and refuse to talk to the free press.
We saw an example of that with his so-called press conference last week. The room was full of paid staff and supporters who were more than willing to boo hard questions from the real press and cheer his campaign zingers as if he was right.
He refused to take follow-up questions if they challenged his honesty, which is a constant problem in covering this little boy. In an atmosphere of anti-press, it was very easy for him to refuse to take questions from anyone who wrote something he didn’t like. In a press room with just journalists you can’t get away with that.
The idiocy of calling the press “dishonest” all of the time is starting to take its toll on both the press and on Trump. He seems almost afraid to face the journalists whose job it is to get facts on any story. That is understandable since Trump doesn’t usually deal in facts.
https://leanleft.com/2017/01/17/further-attacks-on-liberty-and-freedom-by-the-incoming-administration/
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