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Old 02-24-2017, 08:05 PM
 
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breathtaking...

I think a huge portion of this country wants a propaganda ministry.
We've had one since about 1948 when CBS and ABC joined NBC as the big three TV networks.

 
Old 02-24-2017, 08:10 PM
 
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Even if you disagree with the news sources in question, you don't find the behavior of allowing certain organizations through the door, and rejecting others, slightly alarming?
You don't find it alarming, so why it is a problem if we don't? It's been like that forever, but you're only complaining now that the pro-Left discrimination is modified.
 
Old 02-24-2017, 08:11 PM
 
Location: Pacific NW
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breathtaking...

I think a huge portion of this country wants a propaganda ministry.
Yes they do and have proven over the last 8 year of most media being nothing more than Pravda for the left. Look at them howl when the ministry of propaganda gets shut down.
 
Old 02-24-2017, 08:14 PM
 
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Presidents should relish the fact that the fourth estate holds them accountable. It's why our system works. To pick and choose who you want to cover you indicates you can't hold up to scrutiny. God forbid Donald Trump has to answer difficult questions from people who don't agree with him. Every president in our history had to. So should he.
I think the problem is that the media is so biased that for the most part the MSM did not hold Obama accountable. Obama had also temporarily removed FoxNews when he thought that they weren't fair in his mind.

The media is every bit as politically polarized as the public is right now.
 
Old 02-24-2017, 08:19 PM
 
Location: E ND & NW MN
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I do think Trump admires Putin and the tight hold he has on his government there and wants to emulate that here. He is used to being the only person in charge
 
Old 02-24-2017, 08:20 PM
 
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Funny how low the liberal bar is for terrifying, isn't it?
Imagine how fast they would be running if they ever saw Russians with guns coming at them. They would drop their rifles and abandon their posts. Climbing, running like Road Runner, out of and away from their foxholes.

And the Russians would just be walking up to ask them if they have a light for their (the Russians) cigarettes.
 
Old 02-24-2017, 08:24 PM
 
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Presidents should relish the fact that the fourth estate holds them accountable. It's why our system works. To pick and choose who you want to cover you indicates you can't hold up to scrutiny. God forbid Donald Trump has to answer difficult questions from people who don't agree with him. Every president in our history had to. So should he.
Desmond Tutu said, "People with power have an incredible capacity for wanting to be able to retain that power & don't like scrutiny."

So-called President evidently has that capacity however, no matter the whining, he will be scrutinized, after all, it comes along with the job. Perhaps, his learning curve in this area, as in other significant areas, is steep.

He needs to 'man up' & deal with it. Grow a spine.

He will be held accountable, it's inevitable. Just one example:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/storage.citi...-DJT-Final.pdf
 
Old 02-24-2017, 08:31 PM
 
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For anyone who cares to use Google and spend a little time doing some research, it's pretty well established that the more educated and intelligent you are the more likely you are to be "liberal". It's pretty easy to understand why. Education and understanding the bigger picture lead to much different conclusions than narrow minded thinking.
LOL. "Education" is practically a synonym for "indoctrination". The lowest-IQ groups vote overwhelmingly for the Democrats. And your claims are silly for many more reasons, but who has the time to recount them all?
 
Old 02-24-2017, 08:40 PM
 
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LOL. "Education" is practically a synonym for "indoctrination". The lowest-IQ groups vote overwhelmingly for the Democrats. And your claims are silly for many more reasons, but who has the time to recount them all?
Please link multiple sources and studies that back up your statement "low IQ groups vote for Democrats". If you do that I'll be more than happy to do the same for my claims
Education comes in many forms. I'm assuming you're referring to being taught something by someone, of which the information could be false or have an agenda. Hence my point about educating yourself and forming your own conclusions. A better synonym for education is knowledge.
Please feel free to voice your opinion on my many silly claims, I would love to hear them.
 
Old 02-24-2017, 08:41 PM
 
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For anyone who cares to use Google and spend a little time doing some research, it's pretty well established that the more educated and intelligent you are the more likely you are to be "liberal". It's pretty easy to understand why. Education and understanding the bigger picture lead to much different conclusions than narrow minded thinking. If you're someone who truly believes Trump and just parrots what he says, why don't you do your own research and come to your own conclusions. Educate yourself. And a little fyi, don't believe everything you read whether it's from a conservative or liberal source. Form your own conclusions based on knowledge and multiple sources, etc. That's called intelligence. Now, having said all that, I'm really starting to get tired of idiots.
Is that why the two largest uneducated groups, blacks and Hispanics, vote Democrat? Look at the percent of blacks who vote Democrat, it is consistently over 90% each election.
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