Damn. You know Trump is on the wrong side of the issue when even Fox takes a stance against him.
Fox News announced today that it will back rival network CNN’s lawsuit against the Trump administration over the White House’s revoking of CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press credentials. "FOX News supports CNN in its legal effort to regain its White House reporter’s press credential. We intend to file an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court," the right-wing cable channel’s president Jay Wallace said in a statement.
"Secret Service passes for working White House journalists should never be weaponized," the network added. "While we don't condone the growing antagonistic tone by both the President and the press at recent media avails, we do support a free press, access and open exchanges for the American people."
Fox really is a partisan "news" oufit, and while it seems happy to be part of Trump's propaganda team at the moment, if we ever have another President, it doesn't want this precedent.
In other words, Murdoch wants to be making money after Trump is gone.
@Pikachu I don't really think he's planning that far ahead, but he has joked about being President for life, and he's working hard at deconstructing the democratic state.
Yeah i hear ya. That may be a bit hyperbolic but i am legitimately concerned about the way this president is attempting to erode the foundations of a free and democratic society
@Pikachu to be fair, I think he's all about winning. He wants due process for himself and his friends and thinks he should have first amendment rights, but doesn't think it's important for those who don't support him.
When Obama was President, he bitched about overreaching executive orders for example.
It is impressive to see Fox News and CNN on the same page, but they really have to be in this situation. Freedom of the press is a constitutional right, and abridging it could affect and and all of the news outlets.
@jackjjackson exactly. I think that's what happened here too. And i think that there was a report of someone drafting a code of conduct like that as well.
I just hope it's impartially and infrequently enforced. Sometimes those conferences get rowdy
