JFK did not fear a Free Press

[Kid Berwyn]

"The fact of the matter is that the time when President Kennedy started televised press conferences there were only three or four newspapers in the entire United States that carried a full transcript of a presidential press conference. Therefore, what people read was a distillation... We thought that they should have the opportunity to see it in full."

—PIERRE SALINGER, PRESS SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT KENNEDY, JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW

Source: https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/john-f-kennedy-and-the-press

[Buckeyeblue]

1. Of course not...

He was smart, witty. Confident, good looking. Trump is not any of those.

[Kid Berwyn]

3. President Kennedy also was a writer and journalist.

He appreciated the First Amendment. To me, he is an example of “Readers Are Leaders.”

The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know.

https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/american-newspaper-publishers-association-19610427

Truth is what makes Democracy possible.

[spanone]

2. anything trump cannot control is his enemy.

he's the worse human on earth.

[Kid Berwyn]

4. How far the presidency has fallen.

The truth today is the Enemy of the People.