(February 25, 2017 at 2:22 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(February 25, 2017 at 3:05 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: It's true that the President can invite whomever he pleases to one of these functions....It's merely one more piece that will be thrown back at him, and bite him in the ass, I think. Just as Montgomery's First Rule of War is "Don't march on Moscow," the first rule of American politics is "don't alienate the press."
I never said it was wise or even desirable to target certain news outlets for exclusion' although I understand the sentiment and share the contempt of many for the MSM. IMO they have abandoned the public interest who they claim to serve in favor of establishment and elite opinion. I am merely saying that it is not an "attack" on the first amendment. No one's liberty has been infringed upon. This is not a slippery slope to fascism. To say otherwise is both hyperbolic and in error.
I disagree. An informed electorate is vital to a functioning democracy. I don't see how reducing available information aids informing the public.
The first step towards authoritarian government is muzzling the voices which would object. If Trump's ideas and policy objectives are so obviously beneficial, how could further scrutiny harm them?
This is the action of a man afraid of what is written about him and seeking to allay those fears.