{"id":33592,"date":"2017-01-14T18:54:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T02:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33592"},"modified":"2017-01-14T19:06:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T03:06:00","slug":"srsly-rudy-giuliani-says-media-hater-trump-will-get-us-back-to-a-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33592","title":{"rendered":"SRSLY? Rudy Giuliani Says Media-Hater Trump Will ‘Get Us Back To A Free Press’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rudy Giuliani appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program Friday in a successful attempt to certify his reputation as a mush-brained old coot. This pair of Donald Trump fluffers were in awe of The Donald’s performance at his press conference<\/s> harangue<\/a><\/strong> on Wednesday. Watching Trump berate a CNN reporter for daring to ask a question struck Giuliani as respectful of a free press.<\/p>\n

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The exchange between Giuliani and Hannity revealed just how deranged the former mayor has become. His comments lauded Trump as a breath of fresh air and a champion of journalistic ethics. No, seriously. Take these actual excerpts for example:<\/p>\n

Giuliani: “It is refreshing and it is very good for our democracy that we have a president that is trying to get us back to a free press.”<\/h4>\n

Unfortunately, most journalists would vehemently disagree with Giuliani’s worshipful remarks. In fact, the Committee to Protect Journalists called Trump “an unprecedented threat to the rights of journalists.”<\/em> Their lengthy press release<\/a><\/strong> also included these criticisms:<\/p>\n

“Since the beginning of his candidacy, Trump has insulted and vilified the press and has made his opposition to the media a centerpiece of his campaign. Trump has routinely labeled the press as ‘dishonest’ and ‘scum’ and singled out individual news organizations and journalists.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“He has mocked a disabled New York Times journalist and called an ABC News reporter a ‘sleaze’ in a press conference. He expelled Univision anchor Jorge Ramos from a campaign press conference because he asked an ‘impertinent’ question, and has publicly demeaned other journalists.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition to that, the National Press Club put out a statement condemning Trump\u2019s anti-press tactics as \u201cunacceptable and dangerous to our democracy.\u201d<\/em> So the people most concerned about the welfare of journalists don’t regard Trump as either refreshing or good for democracy.<\/p>\n

Giuliani: “[Trump] may actually reestablish journalistic ethics.”<\/h4>\n

Giuliani didn’t bother to elaborate on how Trump would do that. He must think that revoking the press credentials of reporters who don’t lavish him with praise advances ethical journalism. Among the news organizations Trump has muzzled are the Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Politico, Huffington Post, Daily Beast, and Univision.<\/p>\n

Even worse, he said that CNN’s reporting about him was in some way similar to what the Nazis did<\/a><\/strong>. However, he never explained what the similarity was. It’s bad enough that he would trivialize the very real horrors that millions suffered. But he descends further into the unspeakably vile by claiming that he’s the victim.<\/p>\n

Giuliani: “He’s an honest man. So they’re not gonna catch him in some kind of lie.”<\/h4>\n

This may be the best indication that Giuliani has totally lost his mind. Donald Trump is the most notoriously pathological liar that has ever run for president. He ranks at the bottom of PolitiFact’s scoring<\/a><\/strong> of all the presidential candidates for the 2016 cycle. See for yourself with this collection of fully documented lies: The Trump Bullshitopedia<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Giuliani was just named by Trump to lead his cybersecurity team, a position for which he is woefully unqualified<\/a><\/strong>. But he is even less qualified as a spokesman for journalists or the best interests of a free press. Especially if he thinks that someone with as much contempt for the First Amendment as Trump has shown could ever have a positive influence on it.<\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n