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The White House has blocked CNN, LA Times, NY Times from a briefing; Breitbart was allowed in. This is the Twilight Zone. Also, Trump is pressuring news organizations to publicly print the names of ALL sources - he says unnamed sources shouldn't be allowed. Because, you know, Nixon and "Deep Throat".

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/24/media/cnn-blocked-white-house-gaggle/index.html


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He has also blocked the BBC, British Broadcasting Company, among others.

It is such a good job no one in his administration speaks German obviously, otherwise all of Germany's press corps would be banned too. The comments/opinions here give new meaning to "not positive".

And this is the person who said: "I love the First Amendment; nobody loves it better than me." And not so long ago either at CPAC.

Ah, well "So ist das Leben" as they say. smile


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Press briefings which the press is forbidden to attend.

Since I don't even know how to begin commenting on that, I'll just let it stand.


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The media are all liars. You want the truth? Go on the internet and find it!

If I was the prime minister or a mayor or any other elect I will do my job then when something will be done just go in front of a camera live and tell everyone what happened and then go back to my job. Wasting time with the media or in any other way is inane.

I was born too late to see the media actually doing their job but once upon a time it was indeed what they were doing.

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Sadly, as it was not the intention of Sir Tim Berners-Lee when he invented the World Wide Web in 1989, the internet has become the largest source of misinformation out there. And of course it is also the biggest center of mass media.

People will see what they want to see or interpret from news items...some of us will identify with an item, even be pleased, others horrified.

That is simply the way it is.

Having been in the media world for many years one way or another can agree that things have changed, but to believe all media is lies is mistaken. Most, not all, journalists try their best to be accurate, unfortunately the same cannot be said for some politicians and their ilk.



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If I do not see a proof along with any claim I do not believe it. Only when it is proven false or right I believe. I may of course form an opinion but will only keep it to myself until any proof comes along.

The media is not only lying it is also focusing on ridiculous things plus it destroys lives, careers and many more things and people.

Take Bush for example, the only time the media attacked him was when he drove without a seat belt on one of his private properties; that moron and the rest of his gang of terrorists are responsible for all these terrorist groups like ISIS and many more things but hey driving on a private property without a seat belt is way more evil than all that apparently.

Everybody is free game for them, they decide to attack you they won't let go and they will enjoy every moment of it. You are victim of a crime, victim of an accident, rich, famous, rich and famous, anything can make them decide they will attach themselves to you plus your family, friends, coworkers and even the people working where you shop are fair game. If you hide they hunt you down and if they cannot find you (like the few kids of the poor woman held captive in the basement by her dad who made kids with her that were able to go hide without anybody finding what they look like - theres a bounty on them for the first pictures but hey they deserve it since they decided to be the children of these 2 - thats how the media think and act).

The only people protected from the media are them and who they know.


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