Freedom of press.

[Sociopathicsteelerfan]

(02-21-2017, 04:26 AM)hollodero Wrote: Room, elephant, you can't hide.

I won't talk too much, though. You do the talking, I do the listening. I do need to start the talk of course, so let's talk Sean Hannity.
Who said the left wing media has declared war on Donald Trump and hence, has declared war on the American people.

I am all for free speech, free press, you can bash them, they can bash you, all that. But of course there are some logical boundaries to that (e.g. I can't go on TV and tell people that I demand them to kill all Inuits, I can't falsely accuse someone of rape and murder and such). What do you, what does especially the right say to that particular Sean Hannity piece? OK, cool or maybe just a bit much?

(Said words are spoken at about 2:35 in this clip)

Additionally, free press, fake news... discuss.

There are boundaries, I completely agree, and Hannity is fond of stepping over them.  He is, however, considered by many (most?) to be a bit of a fringe commentator.  Not quite as fringe as Alex Jones, but he's in that spectrum.  While Hannity and his ilk are certainly a problem the real issue is that the distance between them and "legitimate" journalism has shrunk by an order of magnitude.  The "legitimate" press now apparently has no issue with branding people neo-nazis, fascists, anti-semites, white supremacists, xenophobes, bigots or any of many other serious allegations.  This is largely done based on tenuous or anecdotal evidence, the fact that some people find their political opinions disagreeable or just because they made an offhand remark thirty years ago.

Trump is way out of control with his attacks on the press but the press is largely responsible for the negative view many of the public have of them.  Hard news articles are frequently peppered with editorial comments.  If the press wants to be taking seriously again by the part of the public that no longer does then they need to start reporting facts, cease engaging in conjecture and stop throwing editorial comments in hard news items.