Delicensing the News

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Frankly Disgusting

“It’s frankly disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write and people should look into it.”

“The press should speak more honestly.”

—Donald J. Trump, First Amendment scholar, “Trump Threatens NBC Over Nuclear Weapons Report,” New York Times, Oct. 11, 2017.

• Editorial Comment: Just lop that first thing off the Bill of Rights. It’s just an amendment anyway. Fake rights! 


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