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BAD POLLS AREN'T ILLEGAL. THREATENING THE PRESS ISN'T NORMAL. THIS SHOULD ALARM EVERYONE.

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The video likely resonated due to its direct and alarming presentation of political commentary, leveraging controversial statements from prominent figures to capture attention and provoke discussion.

Summary

The video displays text from Donald Trump and Ron Filipkowski discussing Trump's dissatisfaction with poll numbers and his threats to involve the FCC against media companies. It highlights concerns about these actions potentially being an abuse of power.

Structure

1Introduction of the alarming statement
2Display of Donald Trump's tweet
3Display of Ron Filipkowski's commentary
4Summary of the situation and its implications

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BAD POLLS AREN'T ILLEGAL. THREATENING THE PRESS ISN'T NORMAL. THIS SHOULD ALARM EVERYONE. Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump THE FAKE POLLS USED BY OUR CROOKED MEDIA ARE OUT OF CONTROL, AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT IT. FCC TO THE RESCUE! PRESIDENT DJT Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski Trump wants the federal government to go after media companies because his poll numbers are terrible in every single poll because he's a terrible, corrupt president who got us in another stupid war.

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Donald Trump doesn’t like his poll numbers. His solution apparently isn’t: Maybe voters are unhappy with me. It’s: “FCC TO THE RESCUE!” That should bother people regardless of whether they voted for him. Because the FCC is not the president’s Yelp complaint department for journalism he doesn’t like. And this isn’t happening in a vacuum. Today Trump also threatened to report NBC’s Kristen Welker to the FCC for “rebuke or punishment” after she characterized the results of his political endorsements as “mixed.” Reuters notes that Trump has repeatedly pushed the FCC to take action against media organizations he dislikes. Meanwhile, the supposedly “fake” polling problem has a remarkably inconvenient feature: different polls keep finding that Americans aren’t particularly happy. Reuters/Ipsos currently has Trump’s approval at 33%. Support for the Iran war has fallen to 31%. And another Reuters/Ipsos survey this week found voters now favor Democrats over Republicans by eight points on handling the cost of living. You don’t get to turn unfavorable public opinion into a federal regulatory matter simply because the public opinion is unfavorable. Presidents get criticized. Presidents get bad coverage. Presidents get shitty poll numbers. That’s democracy. The disturbing part isn’t that Trump thinks the polls are wrong. He is perfectly entitled to say they’re garbage. The disturbing part is a sitting president responding to unfavorable information by invoking the power of a federal regulatory agency against the media organizations reporting it. There’s a pretty important difference between: “That poll is bullshit.” and “Federal government, do something about them.” One is political speech. The other raises a very different set of questions about government power and press freedom. And if your response to a 33% approval rating is to threaten the people reporting the 33% approval rating… I may have identified why you’re at 33%. #Trump #FCC #PressFreedom #FirstAmendment #PoliticalTikTok