Remember how Obama treated the press? (house of representatives, FBI, compared, state)

[victimofGM]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...zing-newsrooms

Some seem to forget that at the time some of what the Obama Administration did was so grievous that fellow journalist stepped up to defend the reporters targeted by Obama. The article does mention Trump’s name calling of the press but that’s nothing compared to the actions of the previous administration.

[Clarallel]

No president actually likes the press, but nothing compares to Trump's viciousness toward the press, with him terming people liars, with threatening to sue, with the way he has whipped rally crowds into a frenzy so that reporters have feared for their safety.

[victimofGM]

Originally Posted by Clarallel

No president actually likes the press, but nothing compares to Trump's viciousness toward the press, with him terming people liars, with threatening to sue, with the way he has whipped rally crowds into a frenzy so that reporters have feared for their safety.

And did you bother to read the link? Do you think Trump’s name calling is worse than intentionally excluding news agencies who oppose the president and actively spying on journalist?

[desertdetroiter]

Why don’t we just ask ourselves who do we believe has more respect for the 4th Estate...Trump or Obama?

[victimofGM]

Originally Posted by Clarallel

No president actually likes the press, but nothing compares to Trump's viciousness toward the press, with him terming people liars, with threatening to sue, with the way he has whipped rally crowds into a frenzy so that reporters have feared for their safety.

Below is a quote from the link I provided. Feel free to double check the information.

In 2013, the Obama Justice Department labeled then-Fox News reporter James Rosen a “criminal co-conspirator” under the Espionage Act of 1917. And all because the reporter used a State Department contractor as a source for a story. Rosen was also labeled a "flight risk."

The Justice Department seized the records of at least five phone lines connected to Fox News. The federal law enforcement agency even seized the phone records of Rosen’s parents. The FBI also got a warrant to search Rosen's emails from 2010.

In May 2013, the Associated Press revealed that the Justice Department had secretly collected two months' worth of personal and work-related phone calls made by AP reporters and editors.

Federal officials secretly obtained records on incoming and outgoing calls made by specific AP journalists, as well as general news staff, the news group reported, potentially compromising many sources totally unrelated to the investigation. Federal investigators even collected data on calls made by AP reporters in the House of Representatives press gallery.

In 2014, the Obama administration set the record for denying the most Freedom of Information Act requests of any administration. It topped this feat in 2015.