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<blockquote data-quote="SlugSlinger" data-source="post: 3005351" data-attributes="member: 7248"><p>So it's ok for art to depict the killing of a president, but when the president acts like a professional wrestler, which we all know is fake, all hell breaks loose.</p><p></p><p>Do we really need the press anymore? They certainly think we need them and they want us to believe they are above the rest of us. I say no we don't need someone's opinion on the news. Technically, with the current technology, we are all the press now.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Reporters Committee condemns President Trump's statement of violence against the press</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Press Release | July 2, 2017</p><p></p><p>On Sunday, President Donald Trump made a public statement on Twitter that glorified physical violence against members of the press.</p><p></p><p>Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, made the following statement:</p><p></p><p>"We condemn the president's threat of physical violence against journalists. This tweet is beneath the office of the presidency. Sadly, it is not beneath this president.</p><p></p><p>"No one should be threatened with physical harm for doing their jobs. Journalists are your neighbors, they're your friends. Journalists perform a critical function in our society, one the Founding Fathers felt was so necessary that they enshrined it first in the Bill of Rights.</p><p></p><p>"They wrote that 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.'</p><p></p><p> "Freedom of the press is a cornerstone of our democracy. The press are the people's window into the halls of power, and most importantly, they are the people's check on that power. When the president attacks the press, he attacks the people."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlugSlinger, post: 3005351, member: 7248"] So it's ok for art to depict the killing of a president, but when the president acts like a professional wrestler, which we all know is fake, all hell breaks loose. Do we really need the press anymore? They certainly think we need them and they want us to believe they are above the rest of us. I say no we don't need someone's opinion on the news. Technically, with the current technology, we are all the press now. [SIZE=6][B]Reporters Committee condemns President Trump's statement of violence against the press[/B][/SIZE] Press Release | July 2, 2017 On Sunday, President Donald Trump made a public statement on Twitter that glorified physical violence against members of the press. Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, made the following statement: "We condemn the president's threat of physical violence against journalists. This tweet is beneath the office of the presidency. Sadly, it is not beneath this president. "No one should be threatened with physical harm for doing their jobs. Journalists are your neighbors, they're your friends. Journalists perform a critical function in our society, one the Founding Fathers felt was so necessary that they enshrined it first in the Bill of Rights. "They wrote that 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.' "Freedom of the press is a cornerstone of our democracy. The press are the people's window into the halls of power, and most importantly, they are the people's check on that power. When the president attacks the press, he attacks the people." [/QUOTE]
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