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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
KEYWORDS: boogedyboogedy; danrather; fakebutaccurate; fakenews; journalism; lamestreammedia; liberalagenda; liberalmedia; mainstreammedia; ministryoftruth; minitrue; orwell; orwellian; rather; trumpmedia; whatsthefrequency
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To: fhayek

I know. They completely miss the point. Like that malignant tumor McCain, mocking the ‘hobbits’. Of course, Gollum that his is, that’s his nature.


41 posted on 07/29/2018 6:19:54 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (TEAM WEASEL: fraudulent bumbling imposters)
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To: chief lee runamok

He doesn’t believe any of it; he was in the lying business long before this gem from Mika: “Well, I think that the dangerous, you know, edges here are that he is trying to undermine the media and trying to make up his own facts. And it could be that while unemployment and the economy worsens, he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think. And that, that is our job”


42 posted on 07/29/2018 6:19:55 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Zakeet

One more comment.

Should a free press be unaccountable for their lies?

Shouldnt a free press also be an independent press?


43 posted on 07/29/2018 6:21:01 PM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives. Do nothing, they win and we lose.)
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To: Rebelbase

“fake but accurate” was the high watermark for liberal and MSM lunacy.


44 posted on 07/29/2018 6:21:25 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: 50mm

This is perfect


45 posted on 07/29/2018 6:22:35 PM PDT by panzerkamphwageneinz
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To: 50mm

This is perfect


46 posted on 07/29/2018 6:22:59 PM PDT by panzerkamphwageneinz
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To: 50mm

Spit water all over my keyboard and screen. Now THAT was funny.


47 posted on 07/29/2018 6:25:00 PM PDT by RRismyhero (Mr. Obama - You can keep your change.)
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To: JohnBrowdie

Fake news has been common throughout recorded history.


48 posted on 07/29/2018 6:28:35 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Zakeet
“they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.” ― George Orwell, Animal Farm
49 posted on 07/29/2018 6:29:32 PM PDT by mom.mom (...our flag was still there.)
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To: Zakeet
Really Mr. Fake-but-True? Here's something Orwell actually wrote,

“there are laws to protect the freedom of the press’s speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press”

50 posted on 07/29/2018 6:30:24 PM PDT by tinyowl (A is A)
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To: Zakeet

That’s tighter than a rusted lug nut on a 57 Ford pickup.


51 posted on 07/29/2018 6:31:10 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Zakeet
Dan Blather wouldn't recognize the "Truth" if it bit him on his A**!
52 posted on 07/29/2018 6:31:22 PM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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To: fhayek
Dan Rather is straight out of the Twilight Zone.
53 posted on 07/29/2018 6:31:32 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: Zakeet

54 posted on 07/29/2018 6:32:17 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: Zakeet

55 posted on 07/29/2018 6:33:00 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: Zakeet

......and Dan Rathers opinion....straight out his ass! When only CNN finds you relevant......you aren’t.


56 posted on 07/29/2018 6:33:57 PM PDT by Bommer (Jesus is God! Deal with it.)
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To: Zakeet

Well that’s fair, because most media reporting is straight out of Orwell as well. They put Pravda to shame.


57 posted on 07/29/2018 6:35:14 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Lurkinanloomin

We are probably watching Orwell in real time!


58 posted on 07/29/2018 6:35:25 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: lizma2

It sure seems like it.


59 posted on 07/29/2018 6:36:35 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

Dan Rather.

“Fake but Accurate”.

Karma’s a bitch, Dan.

Loony Leftist.


60 posted on 07/29/2018 6:39:19 PM PDT by TADSLOS (If YouÂ’re Gonna Do Me Wrong, Do It Right...)
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