Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been criticized in the past for suggesting that freedom of the press as guaranteed by the First Amendment should be curtailed, but on Sunday he defined what he’d meant by his earlier remarks.
Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon that First Amendment rights shouldn’t protect reporters who publish false news stories.
It is not “freedom of the press” when newspapers and others are allowed to say and write whatever they want even if it is completely false!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2016
He added that his fight throughout the campaign has been not only with his rivals for office but also with what he termed was a “dishonest and corrupt media.”
I am not only fighting Crooked Hillary, I am fighting the dishonest and corrupt media and her government protection process. People get it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2016
Then Trump offered examples of the media’s dishonest reporting.
My rallies are not covered properly by the media. They never discuss the real message and never show crowd size or enthusiasm.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2016
Trump tweeted that the Democratic presidential nominee enjoys continued protection by the mainstream media — a charge lodged by conservatives for years.
Crooked Hillary Clinton is being protected by the media. She is not a talented person or politician. The dishonest media refuses to expose!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2016
He then attributed his falling poll number to a “disgusting and corrupt media.”
If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn’t put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating Hillary by 20%
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2016
Trump’s latest press battle was with The New York Times in response to an article it ran Saturday headlined, “Inside the Failing Mission to Tame Donald Trump’s Tongue.”
“He veers from barking at members of his staff to grumbling about how he was better off following his own instincts during the primaries and suggesting he should not have heeded their calls for change,” the article claimed.
Trump fought back — by turning to his go-to social media — Twitter.
The failing @nytimes talks about anonymous sources and meetings that never happened. Their reporting is fiction. The media protects Hillary!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2016
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