A.G. nominee Barr 'can conceive' of jailing journalists 'as a last resort'

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President Trump’s nominee for attorney general was asked during his confirmation hearing whether, if confirmed, his Justice Department would “jail journalists for doing their jobs.” He said he could envision that happening.

 

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Some of those 'journalists,' like Acosta, deserve to be jailed for doing (what they believe) their jobs!

What a stupid question - however we should jail yahoo staff for creating fake news!!! OMG are you offended?

Send him home. He’s another oppressor

Well you all are safe since none of you are journalists.

This is an absolutely blatant lie!!!!! Listen to the exchange yourself people. Another example of how the media is corrupt!!

NOT WHAT HE SAID. You people don't even try to hide your bias do you.

And I'm supposed to consider you to be a reputable news organization? Ain't gonna happen!

This lie is basically tossing another log on the fake news fire. You guys can’t help yourselves when it comes to proving Trump’s point.

If you could be jailed for lying you'd be doing life....

We don’t need this ghoul

And when will Journalists start doing their jobs honestly

Somehow you forget it was the LAST administration that did that kind of thing, you hacks.

JFC that isn’t even remotely true. For God’s sake, you should save up some lies for when Mueller’s report comes out; you’re going to need them.

What About Khashoggi being a double agent or multiple Islamist agent after working for Saudi, Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, promoting ISIS always crickets from FakeNews

FakeNews

Lying seems to be standard operating procedure for news organizations like Yahoo in today's world. Sad.

FakeNews This is a lie. He said nothing like that.

There aren’t any REAL journalist left in the country, so it’s an idle threat

Is Khashoogi still considered a 'journalist'? Haven't we found out that he was working for Qatar? And WaPo was aware of it?

I'm just here to call you FakeNews ... and the ratio

Good all anti trump or left leaning journos should be sent to GITMO

Pretty blatant and disgusting headline lie. Why has trust in the news media eroded again? Oh, that’s right, you’ve richly earned it.

You're a search engine, FFS, do better.

This Tweet doesn't do the video justice, Yahoo. He said specifically if things were done that would negatively hurt national security, and I assume he's speaking of things like leaking. He did not say 'I absolutely would for them doing their job.'

FakeNews Yahoo 'News' is a perfect example of the yellow rag 'journalists' that we refer to as EnemyOfThePeople. They tell lies about things that are provably false.

No, he didn’t say he could envision that happening. He did say there could be a situation where somebody could be held in contempt. -- fire that 22 year old 'reporter'

Well that makes Yahoo! News safe because you are hardly journalist’s...

I see the geniuses who decided not to sell Yahoo to Google are also in charge of the fake news division there.

'He could envision that happening' is not in quotes by Yahoo. Yahoo is a propaganda / Goebbels machine. They lie for a living.

Yahoo News fail.

What amazingly inaccurate bullshit you've shared here... This is exactly the reason I don't trust you for news. Well done?

FakeNews again. He didn't say that at all. Try telling the truth occasionally or no one will ever pay attention to anything you or your 'news organization' says again. Keep on digging that hole!

I wonder why people call the left wing media, like this, the Enemy of the People? As well as the enemy of journalism & truth. Never mind, thanks Yahoo News.

There was a time when this (and much of what passes for news today) would've been considered (lawsuit worthy) libel.

What in the heck?

if people can be arrested for FakeNews then you're in trouble

Not even remotely what he said, what the hell is wrong with this so-call news site.

See, this is why your value is closer to nothing rather than something. This is just a flat out lie.

did actually listen to the video which cuts off, or actually watch the hearing FAKE NEWS

ClickBait

Good Lord, what a disgrace. That’s not at all true. Hacks

Not at all what he said.

(((Free Press)))

Wrong!

His response was basically, “If they violated the law while doing their jobs”

Soooo, a journalist reports on something evil the Govt is doing but doesn’t want the public to know about it…jail the journalist!?! Boyyyy, with this realDonaldTrump administration actions shit is traveling downhill snowballing towards a big fan…just saying.

A wee bit of context and background would be helpful instead of your tossing a Molotov cocktail of misguidance here.

CovfefeLadyC Yahoo should be the first!!!!!!!

Relax, he’d have to find a journalist that actually did their job first.

CovfefeLadyC Every dem is concentrating on him recusing to the Mueller probe.....they just cant help themselves. Whitehouse is just stupid enough to make it all about the Pres and something that might happen.

That's just not true. Geesh.

And in one headline we see again why people don’t trust the media.

You're not a *Yahoo* for nothing

Wow I would take the news away from your title and replace with fakenews

Goddamn FakeNews

Judith Miller May have a comment

All YahooNews headline writers should be jailed immediately.

Liar

Totally lying headline it’s why you are almost under

He should have said 'Journalists No but msBSnbc, cnn,nbc, abc, cbs, pbs CommieCrats Yes'.

That's not really what he said.

Very factual and non-propogandised reporting and headline, well done thank you

Not what he said. Fake News

oh you mean like the Obama Dept of Justice did? Where the hell were you amyklobuchar when that was going on?

Nah, he would probably just wiretap their phones like the Obama administration...

WTF? That's not what he said. Who's reporting this crap, who's editing, and how old are they? I guess if I put my 5 year-old grandson in front of the TV to watch the hearing and report back to me, he'd probably mis-conscrew what he actually said, too. Because he's 5.

FAKE NEWS!!!!!

fakenews

That's not what he said. Here's the deal Mr. And Miss media people. How about this? Don't break the law and you won't go to jail.

'I could conceive of situations where, uh you know, as a last resort. uh, uh and where a news organization has run through a red flag or something like that, knows that they are putting out stuff that will hurt the country.Their might be/their could be a situation where someone..

Yahoo News: you could swing a dead cat with the posters below, and find better 'journalists' who can actually listen to a conversation and report on what was said - better than what you have on staff now.

Misleading headline. I was watching. Do better!

You should delete this tweet and issue a retraction with an apology. This is the epitome of fake news. Trump is correct in calling the msm the enemy of the people. You flat out lie.

It's happening!

Fake news

Nice soundbite. How about providing the whole answer let's not cherry-pick.

This is not what he said...'Contempt' is short for Contempt of Court. That is imposed by a judge, not the Justice Department. What a bunch of idiots work at Yahoo 'News'.

= FakeNews enemy of the people

This is why The media ARE the enemy of the ppl.

Journalists haven't don't THEIR JOBS since they 1st heard Trump was running for prez

You mean like what Obama did?

FakeOutrage FakeNews

Not what he said at all. This is a prime example of why we don't trust the media at all.

He didn’t say that.

You do realise we can watch the video for ourselves and not just read your hysterical tweet... this is why there is distrust with the media.

You mean like Obama did

No worries - based on this “reporting” you aren’t journalists.

Liars!

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This is not even remotely what he said. This is a prime example of why people don't trust the media.

FakeNews

Don’t worry BarackObama is no longer president. He can no longer harm journalists.

That’s not what he said... 🙄

You're lying. Anybody with any sense knows that there's always possibility of unforseen circumstances. FAKE NEWS!

Click bait, garbage.

marissa mayer destroyed this company. sad

We’re not “jailing” them. We’re sending them to GITMO. It’s much worse.

Why on earth will one think of jialing journelist for doing their job... Its uncall for please.

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