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Dan Rather: Trump criticism of media is 'straight out of Orwell'
The Hill ^ | July 28, 2018 | Jacqueline Thomsen

Posted on 07/29/2018 5:55:46 PM PDT by Zakeet

Veteran journalist Dan Rather said on Friday that President Trump’s false statements about and attacks on the media are "straight out of Orwell."

The former longtime CBS News anchor told CNN’s Don Lemon that Trump is "authoritarian" and wants people to believe that "the one and only truth comes from him."

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"As several people have said before me, he is not just attacking the truth, he wants to annihilate the truth," the former anchor added. "He wants to move us completely into the post-truth political era in which there’s no such thing as objective facts."

Rather added that there "has been some desperation" in Trump's recent attacks ... "And as he gets more desperate he takes bigger risks in telling bigger lies or more often telling lies. And telling people, 'look, don’t believe what you read or see anywhere else, just come to me. I have the ultimate truth, I am the way,' " Rather said.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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You Freepers got to admit ... nobody knows more about desperation than the king of fake news ...

1 posted on 07/29/2018 5:55:46 PM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Go read the book again, asswipe.


2 posted on 07/29/2018 5:56:51 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Zakeet

says the vile bastard the literally invented fake news


3 posted on 07/29/2018 5:57:00 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: fhayek

Not you Zakeet, Mr. Rather. It is stunning how clueless these media types are..


4 posted on 07/29/2018 5:58:24 PM PDT by fhayek
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>>wants people to believe that “the one and only truth comes from him.

And Lyin’ Dan wants us to think that the one and only truth comes from Leftist GroupThink.


5 posted on 07/29/2018 5:58:47 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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"He wants to move us completely into the post-truth political era in which there’s no such thing as objective facts."

Pure Projection. Post-modernism Progressive putz.

6 posted on 07/29/2018 5:59:23 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The MSM is in the business of creating a fake version of reality for political reasons.)
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Rather would be 100% correct if he was talking about the Obama administration and it’s supporting cast in the media.......

The bad news for Rather is that for the first time in history, Trump is the opposite of George W. Bush and exposes the media lies....

They just cannot handle it - no one has ever done so before....no one in authority that is........

Next to his SC appointments - Trump’s greatest strength.........


7 posted on 07/29/2018 5:59:46 PM PDT by Arlis
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Coming from a guy who made stuff up. Imbecile.


8 posted on 07/29/2018 5:59:50 PM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped)
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To: Zakeet

The Ministry of Propaganda is what is right out of Orwell.


9 posted on 07/29/2018 5:59:55 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Zakeet

This old liar knows he can get attention with any negative comments about President Trump, no matter how stupid they are. It is embarrassing to be a has-been who thinks he is relevant.


10 posted on 07/29/2018 5:59:56 PM PDT by txrefugee
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"Dan Rather: Trump criticism of media is 'straight out of Orwell'"

This coming from an Orwellian pigressive.
12 posted on 07/29/2018 6:01:19 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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Bingo. Trump challenges the MEDIA narrative. Tough shit for Rather and his cronies.


13 posted on 07/29/2018 6:01:34 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Zakeet

Should say “Disgraced journalist”, not veteran.


14 posted on 07/29/2018 6:02:32 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: Zakeet
Dan Rather is an idiot.
15 posted on 07/29/2018 6:03:01 PM PDT by 50mm (-.. .-. .. -. -.- / --- ...- .- .-.. - .. -. . /)
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He hates that journalists are no longer more equal than others.

Perhaps he longs to tour Eastasia?


16 posted on 07/29/2018 6:03:21 PM PDT by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention.)
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To: Bryanw92
I got left in the rush to call out Lying Dan.
The Leftists and Perverts age getting desperate.
Actually, non criticism of media is the mainstay of Orwell.
Re read the book, doddering aged liar Dan.
TWB
17 posted on 07/29/2018 6:03:54 PM PDT by TWhiteBear (H)
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Dan Rather said it, no evidence but it’s got to be true. Ha! This clown never knows when to quit.


18 posted on 07/29/2018 6:04:47 PM PDT by WyCoKsRepublican
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Telling the truth about the anti-American propaganda press is orwellian?

Dan Rather put the fake in fake news. Take a hike you stinkin commie.


19 posted on 07/29/2018 6:05:51 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: Zakeet

Frequency...Kenneth.


20 posted on 07/29/2018 6:05:58 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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