The Orange Snowflake Needs A Safe Space

[adrina]

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Awww, poor orange snowflake. Looks like the President needs a safe space from those mean comedians. (Imagine if President Obama had called for Fox News to give "equal time" to progressives?!)

Comedians have been skewering the president forever. But now suddenly snowflake in chief can't seem to handle it. His thin widdle skin is not able to take it in stride.

If this idiot had his way, the first amendment wouldn't apply to anyone that has the audacity to criticize him. Regardless of his own flagrant use of its protections when he relentlessly (and now hypocritically) lashed out at Obama for anything and everything under the sun.

This, however, is different. Trump is now President of the United States and is calling for late night comedians to stop mocking him. And lets be clear, Trump calling for "equal time" means demanding comedians have less freedom of expression. So how far will Trump go with this? Would his administration use its FCC powers to enforce this -- even in less direct ways, such as making it more difficult to renew broadcast licenses? Surely no one -- not even Trump supporters -- can rule out the idea of Trump trying something.

Sounds all rather dictatorial with a tinge of tyranny.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RRCbVBCRBE


My America...

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Not filled with hate like yours.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Where's Cheetolini's supporters and deflectors now? Answering any tough questions about his perpetual pussification?



I KNOW!!! Let's talk about the Russians!

 

[adrina]

T-t-t-triggered.

 

[BigBeeB]

Where's Cheetolini's supporters and deflectors now? Answering any tough questions about his perpetual pussification?



I KNOW!!! Let's talk about the Russians!

http://i.imgur.com/Gzw9ppK.jpg

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://m.popkey.co/d94d35/O97G1_s-200x150.gif

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

*chuckle*


I see, as per Izzy, that I scored a point...

I do note with amusement his selective editing.

 

[adrina]

But not a word about the first amendment and presidential over reach.

Surprise. Not.

 

[phrodeau]

Sorry, but only one thing will work!

 

[Hypoxia]

Let's see, a shady guy with multiple business and personal failures but some success as a showman seeks and wins the world's most powerful office -- and the most scrutinized and criticized. And he whines when he's probed and critiqued. Does that qualify him as 'moron' or merely 'hypocrite'?

SPOILER: Oh, he's only being Donald as usual. There goes the neighborhood.

 

[Not Normal]

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Comedians have been skewering the president forever. But now suddenly snowflake in chief can't seem to handle it. His thin widdle skin is not able to take it in stride.

If this idiot had his way, the first amendment wouldn't apply to anyone that has the audacity to criticize him. Regardless of his own flagrant use of its protections when he relentlessly (and now hypocritically) lashed out at Obama for anything and everything under the sun.



Sounds all rather dictatorial with a tinge of tyranny.

This would be a good safe space for Cheetolini

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/creepypasta/images/9/95/Padded_room.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140707033845

 

[BigBeeB]

Your Orange Snowflake

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKHimxrUQAEqtDD.jpg

 

[MGurkus]

Not filled with hate like yours.

Yeah, i miss all the love obama got from the right, you pathetic excuse for a man.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Not filled with hate like yours.

AJ, you've been lecturing us for literally years that any sort of return to the FCC's Equal Time provisions would signal the End Of The World As We Know It.

And now, with your role model Donald Trump in the White House, you barely raise your voice when Trump alludes to this.

What has caused your change of heart?

I think this even goes beyond your documented "Situational Native American Speaks With Forked Tongue" habits.

 

[TalkRadio]

NYT's Maureen Dowd critiques: 'Thin-skinned Obama' doesn't like media portrayal

Appearing with Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday, liberal journalist Maureen Dowd derided Barack Obama as "thin-skinned" and not happy with media coverage. This prompted Stephanopoulos to admit, "And his press hasn't been nearly as bad as he thinks."

Dowd prefaced her critique by analyzing Obama's self image: "...I cut him a lot of slack here, because many presidents like JFK and W have rich daddies. And so, they have a lot of confidence. But he's had to develop a lot of shields."

The New York Times columnist continued, "So, he's thin-skinned. And when you're thin-skinned, you like to control the image. And he doesn't often like the image that the media has of him."

In regards to other problems the President has run into, she theorized, "Well, he can't connect at moments. He wants to ride to the rescue. So, he holds back too much. And he doesn't connect when he could."

ETA...https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/n...owd-critiques-thin-skinned-obama-doesnt-media

 

[adrina]

B-b-b-but.... Obama!

Trump's is a daily damn occurrence of whining. But sure that's on the same level of Maureen Dowd having an incidence in 2010. Sure it is.

 

[TalkRadio]

B-b-b-but.... Obama!

Trump's is a daily damn occurrence of whining. But sure that's on the same level of Maureen Dowd having an incidence in 2010. Sure it is.

Obama? Thanks for opening the door...

What will Obama do?
http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1456034

 

[adrina]

Hell like you need that door opened. You're chomping at the bit in your desperate attempts to pull attention away from the snowflake in chief and his buffoonery.

 

[TalkRadio]

Hell like you need that door opened. You're chomping at the bit in your desperate attempts to pull attention away from the snowflake in chief and his buffoonery.

Buffoonery? Thanks for opening the door...

Obama's buffoonery
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC591795C617E426D

 

[adrina]

Case in point.

Anything to distract from 45. He's at 38%.

 

[TalkRadio]

Reporters hit Obama for 'whining' at press conference

B-b-b-but.... Obama!

Trump's is a daily damn occurrence of whining. But sure that's on the same level of Maureen Dowd having an incidence in 2010. Sure it is.

Whining? Thanks for opening the door...

After Obama wrapped up his comments on it, Post reporter David Nakamura called out a question regarding Central American migrants flooding into the United States. Obama answered and then sarcastically thanked Nakamura for the question. "But I appreciate you shouting out a question since I'm sure there are a lot of other colleagues of yours who would want to do the same," Obama said before exiting the garden. "Thank you very much, everybody. Appreciate it."

On Twitter, reporters defended their peer.

"In the Dept. of Whining, [Obama] is still doing it, too — after 8 years — when Nakamura asks legitimate question in Rose Garden," said CNN's Jeff Zeleny, referring to Obama having just made a comment about Republican Donald Trump "whining" over the election.

Los Angeles Times reporter Mike Memoli said, "For the record, no, Nakamura's colleagues don't begrudge his shouted question."

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/r...r-whining-at-press-conference/article/2604866

 

[TalkRadio]

Case in point.

Anything to distract from 45. He's at 38%.

Deflect! 45! The reality of the reality! LMAO!!

 

[Colonel Hogan]

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Comedians have been skewering the president forever. But now suddenly snowflake in chief can't seem to handle it. His thin widdle skin is not able to take it in stride.

If this idiot had his way, the first amendment wouldn't apply to anyone that has the audacity to criticize him. Regardless of his own flagrant use of its protections when he relentlessly (and now hypocritically) lashed out at Obama for anything and everything under the sun.

This, however, is different. Trump is now President of the United States and is calling for late night comedians to stop mocking him. And lets be clear, Trump calling for "equal time" means demanding comedians have less freedom of expression. So how far will Trump go with this? Would his administration use its FCC powers to enforce this -- even in less direct ways, such as making it more difficult to renew broadcast licenses? Surely no one -- not even Trump supporters -- can rule out the idea of Trump trying something.

Sounds all rather dictatorial with a tinge of tyranny.

If Mr. Obeidallah had the slightest understanding of the FCC's Equal Time provision (aka "Zapple Doctrine"), he'd have absolutely no reason to fear the President's latest stupid tweet. Please note the following:

What Does the FCC's Equal Time Rule Actually Say?

Two Chicago TV stations broadcast video of longtime Mayor Richard J. Daley greeting an Argentine diplomat at the airport during their news programs. Pretty standard mayoral news, right? Perennial fringe candidate Lar Daly didn’t think so. Daly had a history of running for office – any office – each time there was an election. He often campaigned dressed in an Uncle Sam outfit, which probably undercut the gravity of his bids a wee bit. In 1959, he was gunning for Daley’s spot as Chicago’s mayor.

Daly appealed to the FCC that the news stations’ coverage of Mayor Daley’s day-to-day activities constituted “use” of the stations. Daly in turn claimed that since the stations had given Mayor Daley this free airtime, he was entitled to an equal amount. The FCC agreed, and Daly got his fringy moments in the sun.

What happened to these loopholes?

After the Daly/Daley debacle, Congress acted to fix these obvious problems. Eventually, the equal-time rules changed to include four exceptions. If the airtime comes in a documentary, a scheduled newscast, a news interview show, or in the coverage of an on-the-spot news event, it doesn’t play in to the equal-time rules.

What if a candidate has been in movies and TV shows?

That’s where things get interesting. When former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson began mounting a bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination during the summer of 2007, NBC found itself in a tight spot. Thompson had also appeared in 116 episodes of the network’s hit show Law & Order. NBC announced that it would cease airing reruns of episodes in which Thompson appeared until his campaign ended. Otherwise, the network could have been compelled to offer free equal time to all candidates for every second Thompson appeared on the screen.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/27751/what-does-fccs-equal-time-rule-actually-say

Incidentally, the four "news show" exemptions have been codified under 47 USC § 315 - "Candidates for public office."

But entertainment shows like comedian satire aren't exempted, right? Gee, sounds serious.

Uh....NO.

The Zapple Doctrine was an outgrowth of the FCC’s Fairness Doctrine. The Zapple Doctrine required that broadcast stations that give air time to the supporters of one candidate in an election give time to the supporters of competing candidates as well. Even though the Fairness Doctrine has been defunct for years, having had various manifestations of the Doctrine declared unconstitutional either by the Courts or the FCC, Zapple apparently lived on, or at least a death certificate had never been issued (see, for instance, our articles mentioning the continued life support of the Doctrine, here and here). Thus stations had to be concerned about giving air time to supporters of political candidates for fear of having to provide a similar amount of time to those supporting competing candidates. Apparently, that uncertainty has now been resolved, as in two just released cases, the FCC”s Media Bureau has declared that Zapple, like the rest of the Fairness Doctrine, is dead.

The cases just decided (available here and here) both involved the recall election of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, where complaints were filed against the renewals of two radio stations, complaining that those stations did not provide equal opportunities to supporters of Walker’s recall opponent even though station hosts provided on-air support for Walker. The FCC rejected those complaints, declaring:

Given the fact that the Zapple Doctrine was based on an interpretation of the fairness doctrine, which has no current legal effect, we conclude that the Zapple Doctrine similarly has no current legal effect.

So why didn’t the FCC’s equal opportunities rule, which is still in effect, apply to this situation?

Equal opportunities, which we wrote about here, applies only to candidates, not to their supporters. So the appearance of a candidate on a broadcast station, outside of an exempt news, news interview, or similar program, does give rise to equal time for an opposing candidate. If a candidate appears on an entertainment program, then the opponent is entitled to equal time. The same is true if a station employee actually becomes a candidate (see our article here). But where the candidate’s recognizable voice or image is not featured on the station, equal opportunities does not apply.

http://www.broadcastlawblog.com/2014/05/articles/fcc-decides-that-it-will-no-longer-enforce-the-zapple-doctrine-killing-the-last-remnant-of-the-fairness-doctrine/

So if you're keeping score at home, let's recap.

1. Since the Equal Time Provision only ever applied to political candidates, and, later, their supporters, it HAS NEVER applied to elected officials like President Trump.

2. Since TV comedians are not political candidates, it does not apply to them either.

3. And the "Zapple Doctrine" which covered supporters of competing political candidates (if one could interpret a comedian as your opponent's "supporter") was officially declared dead by the FCC in 2014.

Apparently broadcast law reportage of FCC rules and regulations is only a complex puzzle defying solution if you're a former attorney writing for CNN.

 

[adrina]

Colonel, while I appreciate your clarification of the FCC stuff - I really do - my post and point were more towards the man's character. In that he has none. And his ignorance. Which he has in abundance.

He's calling for stuff that doesn't even effect him and he is an incessant whiner. To say he is not presidential would be the understatement of the century.

He's a thin skinned whiner that thinks tweets control policy and additionally that he is above the law in just about everything he does. A bit of insanity, to put it nicely.