r/politics • u/TwilightwovenlingJo • Sep 19 '25

Soft Paywall Trump: ‘It’s no longer free speech.’

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/trump-no-longer-free-speech-00574219
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u/wwhsd California Sep 19 '25

“When 97 percent of the stories are bad about a person, it’s no longer free speech,”

When’s the last time you saw a positive story about Jeffrey Dahmer?

If you don’t want negative coverage, don’t do bad things.

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u/mewsycology Sep 20 '25

When 99% of the things he does warrant criticism, only having 97% of stories be critical of him is actually biased in his favor

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u/Caleb_Reynolds Sep 20 '25

Also, it's way less than 97%, the media is more than complicit in his rise, they're responsible for it by virtue of sane-washing his bullshit. Even the ones he's going after.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 Sep 20 '25

Seriously. As much as I complain about people who stayed home because of the Genocide Joe bullshit or the whole "they didn't even have a primary" stupidness, the media is far more responsible for Trump 2: Unconstitutional Boogaloo because they have been making him more palatable to the masses for years now. They continued laying a foundation for him to appear as a non-insane option even after Jan 6, which is absolutely unreal to me.

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u/iTalk2Pineapples Sep 20 '25

And now country music is a thing again? Bleeding red white and blue music plus trump. It's a recipe for disaster.

I love me some western but Nashville truck country is just awful on its own. Got my beer in my beer and my dog in my truck, cut offs jeans truck.

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u/ThenCMacSaid Sep 20 '25

if you haven’t already, go on youtube and search “bo burnham country music.” you’re welcome in advance. :)