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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 10:34 PM Jun 2017

Brian Karem: We Stood Up to the Administration Today Because Free Press is Crucial

We Stood Up to the Administration Today Because Free Press is Crucial

By Brian Karem
June 27, 2017

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The president has never admitted one mistake. The current administration sells half-truths and lies like they’re day-old cookies at a bake sale.

The fact is: I like Sarah Sanders. I like Sean Spicer. I like most of the people I’ve met who work in this administration. They’re personable and, as far as I can tell – with a few notable exceptions – decent people.

But I don’t like bullies and I don’t like the entire institution of the press and free speech being castigated for no other reason than we either get stories wrong – which happens, and it should be then responsibly corrected – or because we report news the president doesn’t like – which seems to happen even more often than getting stories wrong. (Note: Our founder, Hugh Hefner, believes in the First Amendment with all his heart.)

The foundation of a free republic is a free press. You take the good with the bad and you move on. As I’ve said before, in quoting Larry Speakes: we won’t tell you how to stage the news, so don’t tell us how to report it.

More: http://www.playboy.com/articles/brian-karem-sarah-huckabee-sanders?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=Playboy&utm_campaign=Playboy.com



Yes, the link goes to Playboy because the reporter who stood up to SHS today is Playboy’s White House Correspondent.

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Brian Karem: We Stood Up to the Administration Today Because Free Press is Crucial (Original Post) MelissaB Jun 2017 OP
Sanders and spicer aren't good people. They're standing up and knowingly lying for a craven evil onecaliberal Jun 2017 #1
NO. They are NOT good people. They are willingly lying to protect... Raster Jun 2017 #5
Bald-faced liars lying for an evil purpose aren't good people, Mr. Karem. 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2017 #2
I felt his response was not strong enough GusBob Jun 2017 #3
You like Sean Spicer? Astraea Jun 2017 #4

onecaliberal

(32,471 posts)
1. Sanders and spicer aren't good people. They're standing up and knowingly lying for a craven evil
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 10:42 PM
Jun 2017

Traitorous piece of shit.

Raster

(20,996 posts)
5. NO. They are NOT good people. They are willingly lying to protect...
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 08:00 AM
Jun 2017

...a traitorous piece of shit and his underlings. tRump* is a Russian asset, as is most of his inner circle, INCLUDING FAMILY.

Again: NO! They are not good people... not by any definition. No.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
3. I felt his response was not strong enough
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 11:03 PM
Jun 2017

I understand his point of view--just doing their jobs, etc

But he should have really hit her with the lies and half truths, and also the bullshit tweets that he sends out everyday containing the same, which the guy counts as reaching out to the voters in an end run to avoid the media

A lot of people are tired of the bullshit tweets, but commander asshole claims "fake news" so that he can lie in his statements and tweets.

I don't think his response was forceful enough, and I don't think the press and the media is standing up to this junior high school bullshit

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