I really don't like to express my personal opinion when it
comes to politics on this blog, but this has been eating at me since the
occurrence of President Trump barring some of the press. I think I can safely
say that I do hold that true because this is something to do with the US
Constitution, not a party.
Freedom of the press should amount to something, as should
freedom of speech in the proper venue. It is a most precious value and lawful
democratic practice for all the years we existed as a country, a nation of laws
and freedoms that are protected by those laws.
We should NEVER allow either party censure or exclude any
member of the press no matter what the opinion of an individual. How dare
anyone to decide for me what news I can hear, this is not North Korea or the
Russian Federation.
When we deny access to the press, we are denying the people
access to the truth. Whatever our perception of truth is, we need to balance
all opinions and weigh the facts as we know them, based on the various points
of view.
If the press has any guts, and any real value, they will
in-mass, boycott the White House news conferences until all are admitted. Let
the people make up their own minds about what is fake and what is real.
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