Freedom of press.

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(02-21-2017, 12:54 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: 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.

Do they though...? I seldomly see those terms thrown around in the news segment of CNN. But sure, my insights are quite slim and there's many outlets I don't know.
When mere commentators do it in an opinion segment, I "counter" with.... Hannity. That's some serious stuff too.

(02-21-2017, 12:54 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: 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.

Yeah... I am not so fond of your press either, so I can't really argue that one. Only thing I see, If a news outlet would strictly focus on hard news and nothing else, there might be a severe drop in viewer-/readership.
Which would mean, the profit motive would have to be a non-factor. Which would mean... public funding... and that's also not the best of ideas.

(02-21-2017, 12:57 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Tim Kaine said liberals should fight in the streets to revolt against Trump's Presidency. How hard did the media attack this call to violence?

Although I personally didn't consider it a call to violence (but a call for rallies), that is a fair question.