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re: How do liberals want Trump to react to the lies by the MSM?

Posted on 12/11/17 at 3:20 pm to
Posted by PointsInCase
Member since Dec 2009
698 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 3:20 pm to
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how is my ideal of an honest media forcing accountability a "wow. just wow" is that not what you want where the media doesn't lie, people believe an honest media thus holding lying politicians accountable to voters...yeah, my ideal is really fricked
The media's job is to hold the President accountable. The President's job is to run the country. It's the people that should hold the media accountable, not the President.

All of the worst societies in history were the result of authoritarianism and communism, not democracy and free speech. It isn't the role of government to dictate what the media should or should not say about them. This is not the USSR.
Posted by DelU249
Austria
Member since Dec 2010
77625 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 3:28 pm to
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The media's job is to hold the President accountable.
it's to disseminate information that is true...one of the most important things that comes from doing so is accountability of government...so I agree, kind of.
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he President's job is to run the country.

agree
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It's the people that should hold the media accountable, not the President.
the people are holding them accountable...they don't believe shite they say until they start demonstrating that they're reporting the truth, at the very least making a good faith effort to. how is the president holding them accountable? name one thing he's done to hold them accountable? he's simply defends himself to the people against lies by the media...the media puts out information ostensibly to hold the president accountable...and with that you have no objection (reasonably) It sounds like you're making it up as you go along.

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It isn't the role of government to dictate what the media should or should not say about them.
when did I say otherwise? man you're a loon if you think that's what's happening. trump defends himself against false reports by the media...in no world is that objectionable.
This post was edited on 12/11/17 at 3:36 pm
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 12/11/17 at 3:29 pm to
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All of the worst societies in history were the result of authoritarianism and communism, not democracy and free speech. It isn't the role of government to dictate what the media should or should not say about them. This is not the USSR.

And it isn't the media's role to dictate political doctrine and drive legislation. The media in this country overtly brags about how it drives policy in DC. That's not how it's supposed to work.
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