Trump: "Any negative polls are fake news"

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So they are doubling down that reporting any sort of disagreement with the current administration is an attack and also fake news.

Truly Orwellian. I hope the media fights this attempt to silence them and turn them into Trump propaganda channels tooth and nail.

The attempt to silence them and turn them into Trump propaganda channels hasn't begun yet. This is just to normalise the idea of the mainstream media needing to be silenced and controlled. Far stronger methods are required for Trump to control the mainstream media. The mainstream media are businesses. To succeed he'll have to make it economically unviable to continue as they are.

Full example, some form of registration system or license that brings about tax perks but which come with conditions.