Iran War and Trump Administration’s Threat to Freedom of Press
The Patriot Act of 2001 under George W. Bush shook patriotic Americans with concern for their civil rights. Now the Trump administration has hit Americans with the threat of a move that could mean the death of free speech and independent journalism in the country. It’s time for conservatives to worry again, and this time it’s coming not from the left.
It happened over the weekend when President Trump went on Truth Social to deny media reports that Iranian missiles had struck five American military planes at a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia. In his post, dated March 14, Trump admitted that the base was attacked but the American planes there were neither struck nor destroyed. Trump’s post went on to say that fake news media wants America to lose the war.
Within a few hours of Trump’s post, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr posted on X that broadcasters should stop airing “hoaxes and news distortions” or else risk losing their license.
“The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not,” Carr wrote in his post.
The reaction to Carr’s threat of broadcast license cancellation was immediate and came from both sides of the political divide along with those on the fence. Military.com (March 16) wrote that the threat to cancel licenses has raised serious First Amendment concerns among lawmakers, journalists, and free speech advocates.
The Libertarian Party of Louisiana posted on their official X account that FCC shouldn’t have the authority to threaten media with revocation of licenses.
Concerns over the threat to press freedom by the FCC chairman were also aired on foreign media channels. Al Jazeera English got Frank Smyth, founder of Global Journalist Security, to comment on the issue. Smyth called it an unprecedented move that shows the government wants broadcasters to report the way the administration wants on the current war against Iran. He called it “the behavior of dictatorship.”
Former CNN anchor and Fox News columnist Rick Sanchez, who is now based in Russia and reports on international affairs, called out the FCC’s threat of license revocation to media and wrote on his X page: “That’s the kind of intimidation we accuse Iran of… But it’s happening in the United States.”
It’s also interesting to see that many liberals that had no problem censoring opposing voices on social media during the Biden and Obama administrations are speaking out against the FCC threat while many conservatives who championed freedom of press and independent speech guaranteed by the First Amendment are now either silent or expressing their support for FCC’s warning. Clearly, the march for free speech in today’s America depends on which foot is wearing the proverbial shoe.
A little premature, and fairly smacks of fear mongering. Just what do any of you so called Journalists think the SCOTUS is for? Since this would (if it happened) go almost certainly to the SCOTUS, I believe the outcome is apparent, and this is much ado about nothing.
I agree with the FCC Chairman that if “hoaxes and distortions” of information are going to be suppressed, which the biased and prejudiced left leaning news media are reporting, then they should be obstructed from freedom of the press.
For years under the Obama and Biden dictatorship, they consorted with biased news media to “censor” all corruption that the democrats criminally did in their terms. All they were allowed to report was the lies that democrats made up to the American people. Everything that was reported by the biased news media was all about how “democratic” the left was, and how anti-constitution the right was. It was all lies, and deceptions that were allowed to be reported in the news media networks that were falsely reported by a corrupt news media.
The left leaning news media should be scrutinized at every turn. They are dishonest with the American public.
Since President Trump came into office on his second term, we are now finding, evidence by whistle blowers and others, that “have seen Jesus”, and are now divulging the truths of what we conservatives were saying all along. Joe Biden and Obama corrupted our DOJ. Joe Biden was the worst. He used his “top cops” to go after American citizens and parents, along with Christians whom he labeled as “extremist” to do his bidding. Also, we now know that it was true. It was “Hunter’s laptop”. And Hillary was falsely exonerated by Comey when she destroyed damning evidence in her personal server, we now know that lawlessness was condoned by the democrats in order to win votes. And also Joe Biden created a perverse society and a murderous one especially legalizing abortion. The killing of babies. Many of Joe’s and Obama’s administration were used corruptively by them to commit crimes against innocent American citizens. Including a political opponent, so as to keep him from the White House. But God sees all the corruption from the democrat party, and because of him, we have an honorable man in office today.
The democrat party is made up of habitual hypocrites who do not have a sing honest bone in their bodies. It is all about power and control for them. Dictatorship character.
Manny, just have your Felon King take them to court. Oh wait, he’s tried that and failed all over the fucking place yet you still lie through your teeth, without proof, without evidence, after winning the White House, hand-selecting the SCOUTS majority, owning the House and the Senate, and yet, you still can’t do more than blow smoke.
It’s amazing that you guys can win it all and still behave like losers unable to get anything done. Except wars. Lots of new wars. Extend and grow the wars we have.
Better batten down the hatches —– deficit roaring, spending out of control, recession is coming, and you are not ready for it, are you?
Hey Dunger. He’s still our president. Kumbreath Harris lost. Your candidate. So go eat shit and throw rocks.
Willheorwontheatdung: Really? Are you sure? Does anyone else know?
Thank you Captain Obvious. He won, she lost, got it Captain Oblivious.
I will pass on your kind offers, but appreciate you showing yourself as the person you need to be.
Glad you enjoyed my post Dunger.
Frank in days gone bye reporters that handed out the enemy so much information were put in prison. If people died because of it or the breach was bad enough the reporters were sent there for life or hanged.
BTW your main man obama gave the Iranians many billions in cash so they could pay all of the terrorists they employed all over the world. Very Patriotic wasnt it.
Namer, name journalist who got life for reporting. Better yet, the hanged one you said.
Obama gave Iran its money back that the world court ordered, or would have. Yes, he is patriotic.
So, are the journalists that report everything including troop locations, that gets many of them killed, going to wallow in their self importance bellowing how righteous they are to be giving our enemies the all information they need. Intel like the reporters want to give the enemy is priceless and costs our enemies nothing.
Remember from WW2 “Loose Lips Sink Ships”? Its a true today as it was then. Reporters dont care if they help the enemy and get our people killed.
Namer, what reporters named everything? Seems you believe a lot of things not true.
How much money is Trump giving Iran and Russia by dropping sanctions because he forgot about the Straights? How much money did Trump hold back from Ukraine so Russia can beat them? He gave VZ five billion so far by dropping their sanctions?
Why do we even need this oil? Namer, isn’t coal back? Why not use that?
Fun game, Namer. Your turn!!!
Fact is the polls tell Trump the war is a loser so he’s lashing out. He’s floating an extra $200B to fund it and if you don’t pay up, you are a traitor.
How much money and lives will you give to give democracy to Muslims? How much will you not give for democracy for Christian’s in Ukraine? Who’s the patriot now?
We don’t have to worry about President Trump being a threat to anything legal. The ones we should watch are democrats who want to do away with our constitution and our republic. They are the biggest threat to democracy.
Manny; and yet you can never catch us at it.
Nice try Dunger. Have you heard about the hospice scandal in California? Or the fraud among the samolia rag heads in Minnesota? You’re being caught as I speak. And many more!!!!!! You stupid prick.
Bendoverandatkeit: Oh my, it’s California, it’s fraud, it must be Democrats? Sorry mate, it’s an investigation just started, no suspects named yet I think. Give you points for being timely, but you lose them for having your head up your ass. Oh, and Newsom has revoked 280 licenses, 300 being currently investigated and 284 criminals arrested. Did you check their party affiliations. NOT.
Congress is once again a day late and a dollar short as you head is firmly wedged as the good little sheeple that you are. Jordan and Comer are total losers who investigate many, rarely catch any. And you idiots just lap it up like dogs going after antifreeze on the driveway. Puke on puke face.
i guess you know that all Somalians are Democrats, eh? How stupid can you be since the head fraudster in that scam is a white woman with no political ties; the scam started under Trump’s programs.
Let me quote the scumbag, knee-jerk, idiot who leaps before he looks: “You’re being caught as I speak. And many more!!!!!! You stupid prick.” Oh yeah, BUSTED for wild assumptions without any supporting evidence. What a fool, what a tool.
Does the job offer still exist in Colorado for dunger’s daughter?
Bendoverandtakeit: He’s sunk below deplorable now fantasizing about my imaginary daughter because he got poned on California and the Somalia and looks as stupid as a pile of dung. White-trash trailer-trash deplorable dung head gave up on his non-factual point of contention, a lie, and the liar sinks to childish gutter talk and ad hominem attacks because he’s got nothing else.
I blame our public school system.
Dunger you know that most of the school systems are ran by democrats. And yes, the California commies are pulling crooked shit. Tammany hall is still alive and well under a different name. And Dunger wants them to get away with it. More rooting against America.
Benoverandsuckit:
You don’t have a clue what the fuck you are talking about it OR you would show some actual evidence versus this specious spew. But you can’t, you are weak, so it’s personal attack time for you again. Baby gots to cry. Cry me a river.
My name is Danger and I do not root against America or your Americka of the neo nazi who bows at the knee groveling to his gold-festooned Felon King. You say anyone who has issues with Trump is a commie, roots against America and that’s exactly what the Founders did to King George, another King, another time, same bullshit sheeples then as you are today.
No King’s Day, all day, Saturday. Read all about it as Joe and Larry intended: *https://www.nokings.org/*
Be there or be square. Or continue to BENdover and take it, like BEN.
Dunger if you know of any Nazis please name them. Your shit party is as close as it gets. I openly accuse the democrats of being Nazis fascists assholes. We will see what happens next when the save America act gets passed.
Benfullofdung: if you know of any Democrats Nazi fascist assholes, please name them Save America is DOA and you are too brain dead to know it. Dumb as a brick not to be able to count these votes. I think he just needs to look in the mirror if he’s too stupid to see a Republican Nazi in full dress right in front of him in the news. His blind allegiance is blind acceptance to the Nazis in his own party. He just does not care, he does not WANT to know. Perhaps because he is one?
The Atlantic is highly factual and leans a little left of center according to media bias trackers. They ask: “How did the GOP become a haven for slogans and ideas straight out of the Third Reich?” Perhaps by Bensucksdung putting his head waaaay up his ass for some good ole dungsucking instead of looking for the truth in his own misbegotten party. They begin: “over the past few months, during his agency’s chaotic crackdowns in Chicago and Minneapolis, the U.S. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino has worn an unusual uniform: a wide-lapel greatcoat with brass buttons and stars along one sleeve. It looks like it was taken right off the shoulders of a Wehrmacht officer in the 1930s. Bovino’s choice of garment is more than tough-guy cosplay (German media noted the aesthetic immediately). The coat symbolizes a trend: The Republicans, it seems, have a bit of a Nazi problem.” There’s a fucking name of a fascist fuck-head for you.
“An ICE lawyer linked to a white-supremacist social-media account that praised Hitler was apparently allowed to return to federal court.” His name is James Rodden but I think he goes by Ben.
“Members of the national Young Republicans organization were caught in a group chat laughing about their love for Hitler. “ William Hendrix, aka Ben, and Bobby Walker, Peter Giunta, Joe Maligno, Annie Kaykaty and even Michael Bartels who works for Trump.
Ben, you are blind, stupid or both if you need to ask for help to identify this shit in your party. Now, let’s see your list of Democratic Nazi’s you lying lowlife sack of sanctimonious shit. I’ll go out on a limb and say your results are:
BUSTED
Dunger is probably on lunch break. Probably having oriental food. He likes the cream of sumyungguy
Dunger perhaps you would prefer a bill that does nothing good for America. You show your true feelings about this country every day you stupid son of a bitch.