John McCain to Trump: Lay off the 'fake news' claims
Source: CNN
Senator John McCain again called out President Trump for his anti-media rhetoric.
In a tweet Wednesday afternoon, McCain shared a new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists that says the number of journalists imprisoned around the world has reached 262, a new record.
The total includes 21 reporters being held on "false news" charges.
The president "must understand his harmful rhetoric only empowers repressive regimes to jail reporters & silence the truth," McCain wrote.
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/13/media/john-mccain-press-freedom/index.html
msongs
(67,420 posts)It's hot to kill cancer patients with a villainous tax bill, but my daughter talks news mmmmkay?
PSPS
(13,603 posts)Jopin Klobe
(779 posts)... no ...
... no, he doesn't ...
... because he can't ...
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)he doesn't care.
Or if he DOES, it's that he's all the more important if his words can cause people to be imprisoned / killed.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)This is from the "Great Dictators of the World" playbook. He has the newest edition updated by Putin with Bannon footnotes.
The_jackalope
(1,660 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)UpInArms
(51,284 posts)From the loyal republican
Meh