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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDan Rather responds to Trump's call for Senate Intel Comm to look into Fake just made up FAKE! News
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Why Isn't the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!
3:59 AM - 5 Oct 2017
@realDonaldTrump
Why Isn't the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!
3:59 AM - 5 Oct 2017
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Dan Rather
7 hrs
https://www.facebook.com/theDanRather/posts/10159415931275716
I have come to expect that Donald Trump will attack the press. We know why he does so, because the threat of exposed truth, of investigative reporting, is a direct threat to the Trump presidency and his legitimacy.
I worry about bringing attention to all of Mr. Trump's tweets. I worry about allowing him to deflect and try to bend a news cycle to his will. But what he said today needs to be called out. It can't fall into the background noise of Washington. It can't be allowed to be normalized.
"Why Isn't the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!"
Let us be clear. The Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating an attack on our democracy, which is an attack on all of us, by a hostile foreign power. What the Russians did is something that every patriotic American should care deeply about, regardless of party.
This is not fake news. This is a real national security crisis. And by his words, the President is suggesting that reporters at places like the New York Times, the Washington Post, and CNN are damaging our country more than Russian intelligence agents.
We can guess why he doesn't want to consider the seriousness of the Russian attack. But that is a failure of his duties as Commander in Chief. And to attack the press for doing its job is to undermine his oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
What gives me hope is my years in newsrooms. Reporters will not be intimidated by these threats. They will only resolve to dig deeper and harder.
7 hrs
https://www.facebook.com/theDanRather/posts/10159415931275716
I have come to expect that Donald Trump will attack the press. We know why he does so, because the threat of exposed truth, of investigative reporting, is a direct threat to the Trump presidency and his legitimacy.
I worry about bringing attention to all of Mr. Trump's tweets. I worry about allowing him to deflect and try to bend a news cycle to his will. But what he said today needs to be called out. It can't fall into the background noise of Washington. It can't be allowed to be normalized.
"Why Isn't the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!"
Let us be clear. The Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating an attack on our democracy, which is an attack on all of us, by a hostile foreign power. What the Russians did is something that every patriotic American should care deeply about, regardless of party.
This is not fake news. This is a real national security crisis. And by his words, the President is suggesting that reporters at places like the New York Times, the Washington Post, and CNN are damaging our country more than Russian intelligence agents.
We can guess why he doesn't want to consider the seriousness of the Russian attack. But that is a failure of his duties as Commander in Chief. And to attack the press for doing its job is to undermine his oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
What gives me hope is my years in newsrooms. Reporters will not be intimidated by these threats. They will only resolve to dig deeper and harder.
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Dan Rather responds to Trump's call for Senate Intel Comm to look into Fake just made up FAKE! News (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Oct 2017
OP
Oh you mean like FOX, and now One America News? Oh and the hundreds of RW radio jocks.
YOHABLO
Oct 2017
#4
Yeah. And Sputnik. And Breitbart. And Alex Jones. And Drudge. But ESPECIALLY Pox Noise.
calimary
Oct 2017
#6
DK504
(3,847 posts)1. Why is it these pictures are put up before or after I've eaten?
Can you imagine being married to THAT????
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)7. Ugh, that horrid, ugly face!
I can't stand it! It just makes me feel all stabby.
BootinUp
(47,201 posts)2. The average Trump voter let us all down
I hope the press can somehow moderate the damage by staying vigilant. Nice article Mr. Rather
Ilsa
(61,707 posts)3. Trump wants the senate to to investigate
whether Tillerson actually called him a fucking moron? Not a smart move.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)4. Oh you mean like FOX, and now One America News? Oh and the hundreds of RW radio jocks.
calimary
(81,527 posts)6. Yeah. And Sputnik. And Breitbart. And Alex Jones. And Drudge. But ESPECIALLY Pox Noise.
I sometimes call them "Fakes News" these days. They've certainly earned it.
Beringia
(4,316 posts)5. Thank you Dan Rather
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)8. Reporters will not be intimidated by these threats. They will only resolve to dig deeper and harder.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)9. Damn. That sounds like Nazi Germany's beginnings.
He's certainly trying to play by the Nazi's book.
spanone
(135,900 posts)10. K&R...