FCC chief targets Comcast-owned outlets over 'news distortion'

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15 points·nickthegreek··6 comments

I'm waiting for the moment when American news realizes they're going to have to play hardball with this president. Since 2015, the media has been overly lenient with Trump, implicitly aiding his rise to power and his two terms in office. In return, they've received nothing but contempt and insults. It's become clear to me that the chaos Trump generates has been a boon for their viewership numbers, but at what cost? This is why I've stopped consuming American news sources.

Beginning to worry that we are gonna have to wait til the 2026 elections..

Overly lenient? On the whole I’d say the press has been aggressively assailing anyone/anything they think deserving. MSNBC certainly doesn’t back down on their reporting and narrative crafting.

In your opinion what would appropriate reporting look like?

US reporters have softballed presidents as long as I can remember. Trump is not really different, they just know that people like to read about his antics and so they have no incentive to stand up to him.

Remember when Obama promised to close Guantanamo? Remember that outrage it caused in the media? Oh, it didn’t.

IANAL, but they can make a case for defamation and libel on this.

Perhaps they could, but I think proving a First Amendment violation would be a much lower bar.

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