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Spicer appears on camera on Fox News right after he bans cameras and audio from press briefings (Original Post) HipChick Jun 2017 OP
Anything stopping everyone else from filming him? gratuitous Jun 2017 #1
The media ought to tell Trump and his flaks... C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #2
Do the brown shirts pop up and throw them out HipChick Jun 2017 #3
Despite being told by many here and elsewhere kacekwl Jun 2017 #4
Yes. Chavez, Putin, Ergodan all did the same with the media - it's a standard autocrat move sharedvalues Jun 2017 #6
Are CNN and the like going to respond? Their bottom line is beginning to be threatened sharedvalues Jun 2017 #5
Divide and control. Lyricalinklines Jun 2017 #7

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. Anything stopping everyone else from filming him?
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 12:07 AM
Jun 2017

It's not like Spicer's doing this in some private room.

kacekwl

(7,017 posts)
4. Despite being told by many here and elsewhere
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 12:50 AM
Jun 2017

to calm down , these investigations take time. The truth will come out eventually. It took 2 years to take down Nixon. Look around my friends the shit is hitting the fan by the hour. Russian involvement in the elections is far worse than first thought. Healthcare is inches away from real disaster. This story about media(such as it is) being restricted except friendly state sponsored Fox and god knows what else is going on while trump tweets. In a short year the damage done very well may be too much to reverse. Meanwhile it seems nothing will be done to secure elections so waiting for 2018 or 2020 seems like spitting into the wind.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
6. Yes. Chavez, Putin, Ergodan all did the same with the media - it's a standard autocrat move
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 12:53 AM
Jun 2017

In fact the first move in the autocrat playbook is to delegitimize and co-opt the real media.
That's what's going on here - this is another step towards autocracy/dictatorship.
This president is trying to destroy American democracy.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
5. Are CNN and the like going to respond? Their bottom line is beginning to be threatened
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 12:52 AM
Jun 2017

Money will make the media move. Are they going to do something about this?

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