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Originally Posted by Chicks
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From the memo to TV producers:
"The only way to interpret these conclusions [Mueller and Barr reports] is as a total and complete vindication of President Trump."
Six individuals are then named, Democratic Senators/Representatives, the DNC Chairman, and a former CIA Director.
I'll quote the remainder of the memo in it's entirety:
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Moving forward, we ask that you employ basic journalistic standards when booking such guests to appear anywhere in your universe of productions. You should begin by asking the basic question:
“Does this guest warrant further appearances in our programming, given the outrageous and unsupported claims made in the past?”
At a minimum, if these guests do reappear, you should replay the prior statements and challenge them to provide the evidence which prompted them to make the wild claims in the first place. The American people have been bombarded by these accusations, through the media, for two long years. They have been told that their legitimately elected president had colluded with Russia – a claim proven to be false. At this point, there must be introspection from the media who facilitated the reckless statements and a serious evaluation of how such guests are considered and handled in the future. [emphasis added]
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The Trumpublicans clearly feel very strengthened now. I wonder if Mueller foresaw his report being used as rationale for muzzling the President's critics in the media?
The memo, to be sure, is just from Trump's campaign, not from an actual government official. But the cries of LYING MEDIA, at least, are going to be 1000 times more shrill than in the past. And the next letter might come from the FCC or the DOJ.
Of course, even if there had been lies, the first amendment would have still applied. Otherwise, the whole right-wing media machine could not exist. Fox has explicitly asserted its right to lie in court.
And "proven to be false," above, is itself a lie.