Trump Goes After 'Saturday Night Live,' - Says Content 'Should Be Tested in Courts'

[left-of-center2012]

https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/trump-nbc-saturday-night-live-1203090890/

President Trump went after “Saturday Night Live” and NBC on Sunday for what he said was the “real scandal of one-sided coverage.” He even suggested that the nature of their content “should be tested in courts,” in the latest of his threats to take legal action against media outlets.

“A REAL scandal is the one sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like NBC & Democrat spin machines like Saturday Night Live. It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials. Should be tested in courts, can’t be legal? Only defame & belittle! Collusion?” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Trump’s attacks on the media, whether news or entertainment, have at times come with threats of litigation. His attorney sent legal threats to the publishers of books by Michael Wolff and Omarosa Manigault Newman, but did not follow up with legal action.

Trump has previously suggested that the FCC should look at NBC’s broadcast license, once in September and another time in October 2017. But the agency does not issue broadcast licenses to networks, only individual stations. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai also has said that the FCC does not have the authority to revoke a license based on “the content to a particular newscast.”

[CTyankee]

1. Read some Constitutional Law, buddy, or have your "lawyers" read it...

I want to say "This is a joke, right?"

[smirkymonkey]

2. It's a comedy show, you idiot!

It's not news. He has absolutely no sense of humor. Every president has been parodied on SNL since the show's inception. Does he really think he can force people not to make fun of him?

He is such a fucking loser!

[DBoon]

3. " Does he really think he can force people not to make fun of him?"

Yes he does and sadly about 30% of the population agrees.

[DesertRat]

12. His buddy "Chairman Kim" can force people to say and do anything

Donnie wants to be a dictator.

[Liberal In Texas]

39. That's right, it's not "coverage."

Although it's getting harder and harder to distinguish satire from reality. Apparently the Siberian Candidate is unable to.

[Hortensis]

56. Apparently it's a re-run that has him so worked up,

the one where "A Christmas Carol" has him awaking in a happy America where he never became president.

[smirkymonkey]

62. And he's seen it before and threw a fit the first time it aired.

The dumb bastard is nothing if he isn't repetitive in his twitter fits. He is such a humorless bore.

[Hortensis]

65. Lol. For sure. Life must be hard with a pathologically

thin skin and no sense of humor. What he needs to feel good, of course, is the power to smash citizens. Limited to vicious cruelty toward desperately vulnerable immigrants, even children, just isn't cutting it.

[C_U_L8R]

4. It's right there in the Constitution, Trump you idiot.

You don't have to read far... start at 1st.

[MaryMagdaline]

5. Bring it on

[Codeine]

6. To be fair

a big chunk of DU wants to censor or label newscasts whose content they find disagreeable, so the problem is not peculiar to this particular orangutang.

[Dave Starsky]

9. SNL is a fucking comedy show.

It's been making fun of every single President since it first aired 40-some years ago. One, and only one, terribly insecure person has ever expressed a problem with this.

[narnian60]

34. Yes.

[trev]

45. Richard Nixon, while President,

once made a cameo appearance on SNL's precursor, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, mocking himself.

Trump is just stirring his base.

[uponit7771]

48. This is false on it face where you get that from?

[Codeine]

53. There have been multiple discussions

on DU on that subject. That you haven’t seen them does not mean they do not exist.

[Turin_C3PO]

51. True,

but that kind of rhetoric is more dangerous coming from a sitting president than some posters on DU.

[Codeine]

52. Agreed.

I’m merely pointing out that if it sounds outrageous when the Tangerine Idi Amin says it then it probably behooves our members to avoid similar rhetoric.

[Turin_C3PO]

54. I agree absolutely.

The first amendment protects even speech we find bigoted and repugnant. I wish some DUers were more educated on the constitution.

[Adrahil]

61. SNL does not pass itself off as hard news. NT

[Codeine]

64. Which is entirely beside the point.

The First Amendment doesn’t create arbitrary categories or ask whether speech is comedy or news.

[Chin music]

7. if only trump would 'go after' his own mental illness w the same zeal.

Can't remember the last time, if ever, he said anything nice about anything other than his daughter, putin, or mbs.

[tblue37]

31. And Kim, whom he fell in love with. nt

[Moostache]

8. Oh Karma, wherefore art thou? Explode its heart and restore sanity to the land.

PLEASE!!! Your faithful servants implode you for relief and ask only that you strike down the shit gibbon with a coronary event apace!

[SunSeeker]

10. I will never get used to the horror of Trump masquerading as our President.

Every ridiculous, fascistic tweet jolts me into disbelief that this dangerous cretin is sitting in the Oval Office.

[Stuart G]

11. Here is the complete First Amendment to the Constitution:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

____________________________________________________________________________________
There is a word in that sentence.. which is NOT hard to understand.
All children learn this word,
..Very early in the show.
And all children really know.
The meaning of the word ....no....

.................................. THANK YOU, THANK YOU..and Thank you..

No LAW, MEANS.........."NO LAW" FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR THE PRESS...MEANS...TRUMP CANNOT
........ Win a law suit ... "ABOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH..(like a TV show) Yes,
........Madison, Jefferson, and Washington would say..Trump, you cannot
.......stop about a TV show...(if they know what tvwas/is)...Why?
........That is part of .....Freedom of Speech............

Yes, Donald you can file a law suit if want, but..............
............YOU WILL LOSE THAT LAW SUIT.......................

DONALD: please read the top sentence of this post. It is only one sentence,
...............................AND.................................................................
............please show it to any lawyer you wish. He, She, or It will explain it to
........... you !!!!......The top sentence is titled.....................................

..............complete First Amendment to the Constitution:

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Moron!

His base is irretrievably stupid!

[Stuart G]

14. Yes, his base is ......."irretrieveably stupid"....and Trump is a ..."Moron"...But...

...............even the so called ..."base" .. has learned about the 1st Amendment to the Constitution...
................That is required learning in grammar school...................everyone learns about Number 1....
..........................................even Morons..........................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ProfessorGAC]

33. Can't Argue With That

He's such a baby, in nearly every way!

[Florida Bull]

15. Trump

Apparently belongs to a different political culture than all of our other Presidents. Of course, he is also our least qualified President. I wonder how he got into the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania without even knowing about the First Amendment and Congress’s power to appropriate money.

[MyOwnPeace]

35. Oh, come on, you know!

"I wonder how he got into the Wharton School"

Most people know - only Daddy's money counted!

[Florida Bull]

69. That makes sense.

That makes sense. I remember hearing he got a medical deferment for the Draft, from a doctor who rented an office from his father.

[DFW]

16. REAL comedy vs. unwitting comedy

SNL vs. a Trump press conference

Both protected by the first Amendment, which (sorry Donny) cannot be repealed.

[Flaleftist]

17. LOL nt

[Ms. Toad]

18. This is an article from December 2018 n/t

[Kali]

32. damn!

I was ready to go looking for the good clips to see what they did last night.

good catch

[Ms. Toad]

42. That's how I found it.

I went hunting for last night's clips . . .

[Opel_Justwax]

19. A Comedy Skit is not News Coverage. You MA-ROON

[bluecollar2]

20. The nature of SNL content is tested by the court

Of public opinion...

And I for one approve.

Suck it up you piece of shit.

[Totally Tunsie]

21. Oh Donnie, Donnie...

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[MyOwnPeace]

36. T-T.........

THAT is freakin' fantastic!

[Totally Tunsie]

50. LOL - feel free to steal him!

He comes in handy on so many occasions!

[struggle4progress]

22. Does he want the FCC to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine that Reagan killed?

[KPN]

40. My thought exactly. Which is why he won't actually go after non-Faux News sources in this way but

certainly and only project about one-sided presentations.

He is scum.

[PatSeg]

23. Oh for f#*k's sake

Turn off the TV and get that man on a damn golf course before he does something really stupid and dangerous. Keep him busy and distracted until we can get him out of the White House.

Donald, you idiot - it is comedy, satire NOT a political advertisement. What a dumbass. I am so tired of being so angry, so early in the morning every FRIGGIN' single day!

[Ms. Toad]

44. Then you get a reprieve today -

This is a 2018 article.

[PatSeg]

47. Thanks

Except that he went on a Twitter rant again this morning about this same SNL episode again this morning, so I guess the outrage has been refreshed.

“It’s truly incredible that shows like Saturday Night Live, not funny/no talent, can spend all of their time knocking the same person (me), over & over, without so much of a mention of ‘the other side,'” the president wrote. “Like an advertisement without consequences. Same with Late Night Shows. Should Federal Election Commission and/or FCC look into this? There must be Collusion with the Democrats and, of course, Russia! Such one sided media coverage, most of it Fake News. Hard to believe I won and am winning. Approval Rating 52%, 93% with Republicans. Sorry! #MAGA”

https://ew.com/tv/2019/03/17/trump-threatens-snl-twitter/

I thought I was reading today's article, as he pretty much reacted the same way, only sounds a bit more rattled.

[MyOwnPeace]

55. Well, he probably IS more rattled........

because of the MAGA thing: Mueller Ain't Going Away!

[PatSeg]

58. Ha, ha, ha!!!

Thanks, I needed that!!!

[MyOwnPeace]

60. Just doin' my part..........

to support the cause!

[Initech]

24. We do have this thing called "freedom of speech", Donny.

And we also have these things called "remote controls". Don't like it? Change the fucking channel!!!

[Takket]

25. maybe he should start advocting for the fairness doctrine to be reinstituted

i would gladly trade "right wing writers" getting half the SNL skits in exchange for the dismantling for the limbaugh/fox news/sinclair disinformation and brainwashing empire that has destroyed all objectivity among about 1/3 of the nation.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Do it, Spanky. Sue SNL for mocking you.

Even your judicial appointees will kick your ass out of court.

[riversedge]

28. In a nanosecond---Frivolous law suits

[riversedge]

27. I would love to have psychiatrists test Trumps brain.

[MyOwnPeace]

37. It would take

a searching expedition before they could even begin!

[Golden Raisin]

29. We don't have Kings, therefore

we don't have Lèse-majesté. A fact the current egotistical, anti-Constitutional occupant of the Oval Office does not understand and certainly doesn't care. We even had a Revolution to rid ourselves of monarchs.

[Firestorm49]

30. Fine. Along with his impeachment proceedings.

[happybird]

38. It never ceases to amaze me how stupid he is

You'd think he would have hit idiot bottom by now, or we'd be immune to it after hearing so much dumb shit spew from his mouth, but nope. What a fucking moron.
I'm so tired of being disgusted. Jan. 2021 can't come fast enough.

[elleng]

41. Oh right, because that's JUST the way we do it,

'test' content of what's to appear on public media PRIOR to appearance, ESPECIALLY comedy!

[Marcuse]

43. If SNL Weekly Update ran 24/7, it would be an equivalent counter to Fox News.

[FloridaBlues]

46. Fox News one sided that he loves to watch 24/7

No complaints from the Orange agent.

[Brother Buzz]

49. So the orange anus, the perfect reverse barometer, is saying SNL was great

Am I right?

[keithbvadu2]

57. So, sue! You've got super barrister Rudy on your side.

So, sue! You've got super barrister Rudy on your side.

[sinkingfeeling]

59. Sure it's legal, St. Ronnie did away with the Fairness Doctrine.

[Baitball Blogger]

63. The president sees too much television.

I fear he's having trouble separating reality from fiction.

[no_hypocrisy]

66. Tell you what Donnie-Boy.

You go send some federal marshalls to arrest and imprison Lorne Michaels, Alec Baldwin, AND Robert Di Niro and see what happens.

I double dog dare ya!

[spanone]

67. 100 bucks he has no clue what's in the Constitution...and cares less.

[Gothmog]

68. Trump is an idiot

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