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Arkansas Granny

(31,484 posts)
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 04:45 PM Mar 2019

It looks like Trump is trying to curtail free speech.

Trump campaign sends memo to television producers warning about ‘credibility’ of six Trump critics who it says spread false claims about collusion

Trump’s re-election campaign sent a memo to television producers on Monday instructing them to “employ basic journalistic standards when booking” six current or former government officials that the campaign said “made outlandish, false claims, without evidence” while on air.

The memo names:

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., the chair of the House Judiciary Committee
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez
John Brennan, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the chair of the House Intelligence Committee
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who has floated a potential bid for president

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/25/trump-campaign-issues-memo-to-tv-producers-after-mueller-report.html


If the networks follow those standards, Trump himself would be excluded.

ETA link to memo: https://www.scribd.com/document/403100260/March-25-2019-Tim-Murtaugh-Trump-Campaign-Memo-to-TV-Producers




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It looks like Trump is trying to curtail free speech. (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Mar 2019 OP
Wow, that would be a great memo to put up on the giant screen behind Rachel tonight. lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #1
Looks? mobeau69 Mar 2019 #2
kick Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #3
Nixon had an enemies list. murielm99 Mar 2019 #4
K&R demmiblue Mar 2019 #5
Hey, dump. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #12
Expect more of this. StarryNite Mar 2019 #6
The man who has lied thousands of times NotAPuppet Mar 2019 #7
Is he ever going to do any work? notdarkyet Mar 2019 #8
Says the smelly fart who has more than 8000 UpInArms Mar 2019 #9
The coup d' etat begins superpatriotman Mar 2019 #10
What about Pussy Grabber's false claims about Obama? BigDemVoter Mar 2019 #11
How about this, Trump? LudwigPastorius Mar 2019 #13
Trump never wanted to govern or lead. He wants to rule. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #17
Exactly this! +1 Niagara Mar 2019 #18
He got away with stealing the election liberal N proud Mar 2019 #14
So it would appear. And it's all to satisfy his ego. Arkansas Granny Mar 2019 #15
Does anybody think that this is not revolution in the making? Firestorm49 Mar 2019 #16
K & R Niagara Mar 2019 #19
If we follow those standards Fox News goes dark immediately. TeamPooka Mar 2019 #20
Fascism. warmfeet Mar 2019 #21
Acting more like a dictator every day. lpbk2713 Mar 2019 #22

murielm99

(30,660 posts)
4. Nixon had an enemies list.
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 04:53 PM
Mar 2019

People spluttered with incredulity when they found out. Some laughed. Some were proud to have their names on that list.

These people should point to their names on this list and express how proud they are to represent democracy and free speech.

NotAPuppet

(326 posts)
7. The man who has lied thousands of times
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 05:05 PM
Mar 2019

as President is concerned about other people’s credibility? Oh. My. Sides!

superpatriotman

(6,232 posts)
10. The coup d' etat begins
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 05:09 PM
Mar 2019

I thought this yesterday after shitlers first post-report statement

This will get worse. And the right wing coup deserves its own thread.

LudwigPastorius

(8,945 posts)
13. How about this, Trump?
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 06:04 PM
Mar 2019

How about you and your gang of the "best people" try not to crash the economy, get us in a war, or gut our democracy, and...I don't know...GOVERN instead of worrying about programming the guests on news shows.

(fucking incompetent shitstains...)

keithbvadu2

(36,376 posts)
17. Trump never wanted to govern or lead. He wants to rule.
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 07:00 PM
Mar 2019

Trump never wanted to govern or lead. He wants to rule.

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