(June 1, 2016 at 8:10 am)Brian37 Wrote: Asshole Trump has demonized the most important aspect of western society, a free news press. No I am not talking about tabloid media rags, I'd only argue that it is up to society to stop valuing junk media, but you cant outlaw it all. But that is not what Trump is doing is attacking the idea of a government watchdog.
Trump's not the only one. Whenever any given rightwinger comes to power the first thing they do is cracking down on the media. Their's is the only narrative they want to see in print and televised. Because it doesn't stand closer scrutiny, since all they are able to do is to incite fear, hatred and exclusion.
We observe that with Hungary and Turkey and we're starting to observe it in Poland.