White House bans CNN reporter from press conference

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(08-02-2018, 03:52 PM)GMDino Wrote: To be fair FOX was using the tagline "Fair and Balanced" then too.  It was pretty easy for "the left" to point out their spin and, in some cases, outright lies that showed them to less than "Fair and Balanced".  And need I add that old Limbaugh (in his prime) was busy telling his Dittoheads that HE would be the only one that could tell them the "truth" about current events...long before Obama was elected.

I'm not talking about actual criticism. I'm talking about outright dismissal that the left STILL partakes in when it comes to Fox News (ever heard someone call it "Faux News"?) So many were (and are) quick to dismiss the entirety of the news organization simply because it dared/dares to have a conservative bias. 
And unless Rush has changed (haven't listened to him in a looooooooooooooooong time), he never claimed to be a journalist or a newsman, so I don't know why you bring it up unless you're TRYING to double down on your hypocrisy where it's okay to be critical of Fox but heaven forbid you be critical of CNN.

(08-02-2018, 03:52 PM)GMDino Wrote: But, honest question: If Obama's occasional mention that FOX News didn't like him was a "constant attack" how do you rate Trump's attacks on the media?  

Like on a sliding scale of 1-20 if Obama was a 4 or even a 10 how the heck to we rate the current administration's "attack" on the media?  Because Obama was certainly wasn't as aggressive about it as Trump is.

Of course Trump is way worse than Obama was or any leftist has been. The latter only had 1 news station they called "fake news" whereas Trump is calling all the OTHER ones "fake news". That doesn't take away from the fact that the left has been unjustly critical of a news organization prior to Trump's presidency.