{"id":134024,"date":"2017-08-02T15:23:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T21:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/02\/because-who-needs-a-free-press.html"},"modified":"2017-08-02T15:23:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T21:23:44","slug":"because-who-needs-a-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/02\/because-who-needs-a-free-press.html","title":{"rendered":"Because who needs a free press?"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, people. Shutting down or fining news media for "publishing or broadcasting stories that are biased or inaccurate" is not only unconstitutional [1], it's just what tyrants all over the world enjoy doing so as to quash dissent that they label as inaccurate<\/i> or disrespectful<\/i> or destructive to government authority and social order.<\/i><\/p>\n

Just ask Donald's buddy Vladimir.<\/p>\n

And while the GOP respondents wear the biggest dunce hats here, there are still way too many of Dems answering that way, too. <\/p>\n

(Though it is interesting the percent of Democrats who trust Fox News over Donald Trump is not all that different from the ones who trust outlets like CNN and the WaPo. On the other hand, it's interesting that a thin percentage of Republicans trust Trump more than they do Fox News.)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

[1] But remember, it's the Republicans who love the Constitution and believe in its literal truth and inviolability. They say so, right on the label.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +The Economist<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attitudes towards the mainstream media take an unconstitutional turn http:\/\/econ.st\/2w78FpB<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nAttitudes towards the mainstream media take an unconstitutional turn<\/a><\/span>
\nMany Republicans favour shutting down news outlets for bias or inaccurate reporting\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, people. Shutting down or fining news media for "publishing or broadcasting stories that are biased or inaccurate" is not only unconstitutional [1], it's just what tyrants all over the world enjoy doing so as to quash dissent that they label as inaccurate or disrespectful or destructive to government authority and social order. Just ask … Continue reading “Because who needs a free press?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132275,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/12\/tweetizen-trump-2016-12-12-budgets-interviews-spies.html","url_meta":{"origin":134024,"position":0},"title":"Tweetizen Trump – 2016-12-12 "Budgets, Interviews, Spies"","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 12-Dec-16 7:49am","format":false,"excerpt":"A busy weekend for POETUS Trump, at least as far as Twitter is concerned.===October 2015 - thanks Chris Wallace @FoxNewsSunday![https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/807663477322027008](Linked to an interview that Trump had with Wallace back then.)RT @FoxNewsSunday Sunday-- our exclusive interview with President-elect @realDonaldTrump Watch on @FoxNews at 2p\/10p ET Check your local listings.[https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSunday\/status\/807655142682230784](Retweeted by Trump)I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CzVd34pVQAEg1UP5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CzVd34pVQAEg1UP5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CzVd34pVQAEg1UP5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":138896,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/25\/the-do-nothing-democrats.html","url_meta":{"origin":134024,"position":1},"title":"The “Do Nothing” Democrats","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 25-May-19 9:27am","format":false,"excerpt":"It's a fascinating, if maddening, case of \"The Big Lie\"","rel":"","context":"In "~Tweets"","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131376,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/28\/primal-worldviews-and-political-differences.html","url_meta":{"origin":134024,"position":2},"title":"Primal worldviews and political differences","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 28-Aug-16 1:07pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A look at primal world beliefs and how they differ on average between Democrats and Republicans, and where supporters of Donald Trump maybe fit in(TL;DR: Republicans tend to believe more than Democrats that the world is just (the good are rewarded in life, the bad are punished) and hierarchical (if\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26502,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/18\/remember-its-all-about-trust-in-the-system.html","url_meta":{"origin":134024,"position":3},"title":"Remember, it's all about trust in the system","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 18-Feb-12 1:12am","format":false,"excerpt":"What is private property? 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