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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump really, really hates Freedom of the Press. A partial list on who he has banned:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/06/trumps-war-with-the-press-224285The Washington Post was the latest target of Donald Trumps ire Monday afternoon, but the publication is just one of more than a dozen news organizations the candidate has blocked from doing its job.
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But The Post is the latest of more than a dozen publications that Trump has banned from attending his campaign events although this is one of only a few bans Trump has explicitly announced. The bans over the months have targeted legacy organizations, broadcast news outlets and digital publications alike and many have been in response to articles or editorials in those publications that reflect poorly upon the presidential candidate.
Outlets and journalists that have been banned in whole or in part from covering his campaign:
- Washington Post (in whole)
- Ben Schreckinger (Politico)
- Carla Marinucci (Politico)
- Des Moines Register (in whole)
- The New Hampshire Union Leader (in whole)
- The Huffington Post (various reporters)
- Buzzfeed (in whole)
- Olivia Nuzzi (The Daily Beast)
- Gawker (in whole)
- Canal Plus, french TV-channel (in whole)
- Molly OToole (Foreign Policy)
- Patrick Caldwell (Mother Jones)
- Alice Ollstein (ThinkProgress)
- The New Tri-State Defender (in whole)
- Univision (in whole)
- Telemundo (various reporters)
- Fusion (various reporters)
- Trip Gabriel (New York Times)
- Noah Gray (CNN)
- Michael Mayo (Sun Sentinel)
- Sopan Deb (CBS)
Plus many more outlets, as well as many more individual reporters, the article doesn't mention by name.
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So... On the one hand, Trump loves to bash the press.
On the other hand, he wants to ride this election to victory with free coverage from the press, instead of spending money to build an actual campaign-infrastructure.
Mexico will pay for this wall!
Trump will get the US better deals with China and Iran simply by demanding so!
Trump will get rid of 11 million people simply by saying so!
The press will cover him for free, they will cover him favorably, and they will love it!
See the pattern?
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Trump really, really hates Freedom of the Press. A partial list on who he has banned: (Original Post)
DetlefK
Jun 2016
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spanone
(135,831 posts)1. they should wear it as a badge of honor.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)2. Putin must be proud of him. They must have great pillow talk.
"Let me tell you which news organization I banned today. But first, Pootie, you have to tell me what you are wearing?"