Trump suggests his administration look at starting its own news network

[left-of-center2012]

President Trump suggested his administration look at starting its own news network while railing against CNN and the rest of the news media during a speech in Florida on Thursday.

"CNN is a voice that really seems to be a voice out there, and it's a terrible thing for our country. And we ought to start our own network and put some real news out there," Trump said during the speech in The Villages, Fla., on Thursday afternoon.

"They are so bad for our country,” he continued. “They are so bad for our country. I go out there and they say, 'Boy, the media hates your country,' and it's just a shame. It's just a shame. And we really are.”

“We are looking at that,” Trump went on. “We should do something about it, too. Put some really talented people and get a real voice out there. Not a voice that's fake."

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/464300-trump-suggests-his-administration-look-at-starting-its-own-news

[leftstreet]

1. MAGAPhone!

[Wounded Bear]

2. Starting to feel how numerous Fox anchors are falling off the bandwagon...

[unblock]

3. how very american. a state-run propaganda network.

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. Oh look! More incoherent rambling from the Nitwit-In-Chief!

One day, in the far, distant future, we will look back on these times and say......







WHAT THE EVER LOVING FUCK HAPPENED?

[MoonchildCA]

5. Nothing like a little state TV...

to really seal the dictatorship.

[Cartoonist]

6. They're calling him boy now, not sir.

[Mike 03]

7. Lou Dobbs and Rudy Giuliani, All Trump All The Time.

[left-of-center2012]

8. Here's an example he could use:

‘The Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda’

Founded on 14 March 1933, a few months after the Nazi seizure of power by Adolf Hitler's government, it was headed by Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels. The role of the new ministry was to centralise Nazi control of all aspects of German cultural and intellectual life.

An unstated goal was to present to other nations the impression that the Nazi Party had the full and enthusiastic backing of the entire population. Censorship in Germany was vital to the Nazi's retention of political control. It was responsible for controlling the German news media, literature, visual arts, filmmaking, theatre, music, and broadcasting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reich_Ministry_of_Public_Enlightenment_and_Propaganda

[Newest Reality]

9. Ah...

I think he is drawing from that playbook. It is hard to imagine that he is coming up with ideas like that out of thin air.

Magada? Trumpda? MiniTrump?

[kskiska]

10. Hannity wants out at Fox.

He wants out of New York, also, because there's little Trump support there.

[Newest Reality]

11. It's a virtual blitzkrieg of wacko ideas...

So, is this the first time a President want his very own news network?

What are the legalities concerning what would essentially a state run, Pravda-like, Ministry of Truth operation like that? Who has to approve it? Is it by the whim of the Executive Branch?

Well, he may test it out, or just be throwing out red herrings, but once again, the scent of dictatorship wafts in the air, regardless. We all know what he really wants.

[DBoon]

12. He can call it "Pravda"

nt

[Talitha]

13. Doesn't he already have something named Trump TV?

Seems I heard about it quite a while ago - or was it a joke?

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. There is this one:

One America News Network, also referred to as One America News, is an American right-wing pay television news channel launched on July 4, 2013, owned by Herring Networks, Inc. The network is headquartered in San Diego, California, and operates a news bureau in Washington, D.C. and New York City
Founded: July 4, 2013

[sinkingfeeling]

14. He can use Sarah and Kellyanne as anchors.

[Skittles]

16. LOL

he sounds ridiculous

[magicarpet]

17. F&N TV NEWS....

Fascist & Nazi TV NEWS

News for Americans who are not shy about being good Germans, but very proud of it.

trDump happy news channel.

[Garrett78]

18. I think his plan was to start Trump TV after losing in 2016.

And he's critical of Fox so as to set the stage for Trump TV, where he'll employ Hannity, Carlson, etc.