One reason we have freedom of speech and that journalists were given so much leeway is that the founding fathers did not want the press to be a political arm. What we have is the main stream press outright colluding with Clinton. They were having the Clinton campaign vet stories and provide editing. They were running stories directly from the Clinton campaign. These are the types of things that happen in 3rd world dictatorships.
If I remember correctly during the Adams/Jefferson campaign in 1796 there were attacks on both by newspapers connected to other. This is not a new "thing" in American politics just the "same old same old". The press has always picked sides for reasons that seems best to them. As the old teacher said there is nothing new under the sun. Deal with it and move on.
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One reason we have freedom of speech and that journalists were given so much leeway is that the founding fathers did not want the press to be a political arm. What we have is the main stream press outright colluding with Clinton. They were having the Clinton campaign vet stories and provide editing. They were running stories directly from the Clinton campaign. These are the types of things that happen in 3rd world dictatorships.
If I remember correctly during the Adams/Jefferson campaign in 1796 there were attacks on both by newspapers connected to other. This is not a new "thing" in American politics just the "same old same old". The press has always picked sides for reasons that seems best to them. As the old teacher said there is nothing new under the sun. Deal with it and move on.
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