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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: HAPPY2BME on November 25, 2016, 09:12:54 PM
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By Ed Straker
We learned from WikiLeaks that several media outlets were in direct collaboration with the DNC and/or the Clinton campaign. That's why talk show host Sean Hannity is suggesting that Donald Trump deny White House press passes to these organizations.
On his radio show on Tuesday, Hannity bashed several major media outlets.
"Maybe Donald Trump should rethink how he deals with media," he said. "Why should CNN have a seat in the White House press room? Why should NBC have a seat there? Why should The New York Times have a seat there, or Politico?
"Until members of the media come clean about colluding with the Clinton campaign and admit that they knowingly broke every ethical standard they are supposed to uphold, they should not have the privilege, they should not have the responsibility of covering the president on behalf of you, the American people," he said.
This is not a First Amendment issue. Media outlets can say what they like. But there is no constitutional right to have a press pass to the White House. The White House press corps helps set the agenda, either with questions to reinforce talking points (for a Democratic president) or accusatory questions meant to put a (Republican) president on the defensive.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/11/should_trump_deny_wh_press_passes_to_media_who_collaborated_with_clinton.html
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Yes.
And pull the TV licenses as well.
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Absolutely. The freedom of the press is a right, but that right does not include forcing any entity or individual into talking to the press.
CMD