Jonathan Lemireحساب موثّق

I continue to say Trump is dangerous. This talk encourages violence against journalists by some of his unstable supporters.

Of course it does. That's WHY he's saying it. It's an open threat: "How dare you report facts when I want to lie! Help cover up my crimes or a dangerous madman will murder you at my orders and you'll never be able to prove I caused it!"

Think about threats our own Congress may have received. Look at Graham's total about-face. We have no idea who, what has been threatened by the worst organized crime figures in the world. Stakes are humongous is this war to save the US from mob and/or GOP.

Well the media is. I'm old enough to remember them selling us the Iraq war. I also remember them lying to us for 2 years about Russia. I'm still waiting for them to cover the Seth Rich murder.

"The media" didn't sell the Iraq war. Quite a lot of them openly criticised it. The BUSH ADMINISTRATION sold the Iraq war. In some cases by openly lying TO the media. Take responsibility for your own viewing, man.

Perhaps Fox News was selling the Iraq War. The real media was asking hard questions.

The media is the enemy of the people. Fake stories false news bias several reports cost many people a lot of money remember when the stock market crashed because of false stories

Right! Isn't Fox news the worst

No the stock market didn’t crash because of false stories .... what were false reports, was saying that investors and bankers were jumping from their high story windows.

False reports of steel industries not starting back up drop the price of steel imported crap when we started manufacturing our own again

Let’s review views of American leaders on this topic: Today, our tradition of a free press as a vital part of our democracy is as important as ever Ronald Reagan

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. Thomas Jefferson

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. Benjamin Franklin

Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged. Franklin D. Roosevelt

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. John F. Kennedy

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. George Mason

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty. Herbert Hoover