Since pretty much day one, Donald Trump has been on a vendetta against media outlets that he’s deemed as “fake news” — which basically translates to any network and/or individual story that dares to tell the truth about what’s going on within Donald Trump’s administration rather than perpetuate the nonsense that Trump himself feeds to the likes of the essentially state-run Fox News Network.
Now, the fact that the president of our country peddles this “fake news” idea on the regular is bad enough. But what makes it that much worse is the fact that it spurs many of his halfwit supporters out in public to conduct their daily lives as well as their professional business based off of his rhetoric — which unsurprisingly leads to a whole lot of hateful behavior and discrimination.
A perfect example of the effect that Trump has on his base, and by default, those that come into contact with members of his base, was just recently outlined on Twitter by journalist James Dyer who sent out a series of posts in which he detailed his less-than-pleasant experience with LAX immigration that was a direct result of Trump’s relentless “fake news” rhetoric and attacks against media outlets such as CNN and MSNBC.
“Wow. Just… wow. Just went through LAX immigration. Presented my journalist visa and was stopped by the CBP agent and accused of being part of the ‘fake news media,'” Dyer’s first tweet in the series read.
“He wanted to know if I’d ever worked for CNN or MSNBC or other outlets that are “spreading lies to the American people.” He aggressively told me that journalists are liars and are attacking their democracy,” he continued.
Dyer goes on it the thread to touch on the fact that things like this just wouldn’t have happened before Donald took his undeserved and unearned place in the presidency.
But, of course, racism is now allowed to run free and rampant in broad daylight under his reign. So, we’re really not even surprised that someone got away with something like this.
You can read Dyer’s full thread here:
Wow. Just… wow. Just went through LAX immigration. Presented my journalist visa and was stopped by the CBP agent and accused of being part of the ‘fake news media’.
— James Dyer (@jamescdyer) August 22, 2019
He wanted to know if I’d ever worked for CNN or MSNBC or other outlets that are “spreading lies to the American people.” He aggressively told me that journalists are liars and are attacking their democracy.
— James Dyer (@jamescdyer) August 22, 2019
Apparently the only truth now comes from YouTube and the president. All this said under a CBP sign that says “we are the face of our nation.” And with a framed picture of 45 staring down. In fucking California!!! Welcome to Trump’s America!
— James Dyer (@jamescdyer) August 22, 2019
He let me go after I said that I was just here to write about Star Wars, and would keep the fake news about that to a bare minimum. Thankfully the statute of limitations has expired on @ChrisHewitt’s 5 star review of Attack Of The Clones…
— James Dyer (@jamescdyer) August 22, 2019
The fact that I had been watching Years And Years on the plane made it particularly poignant! This isn’t news but the malignant affect this presidency has had on what was once a beacon of democracy and freedom is absolutely chilling.
— James Dyer (@jamescdyer) August 22, 2019
To clarify for those (kindly) saying this was illegal detention, I wasn’t detained or taken into a room. This all happened at the visa/passport/fingerprint check and only lasted a couple of minutes. He made no attempt to physically detain me beyond the questions (and lecture).
— James Dyer (@jamescdyer) August 22, 2019
So clearly this has become a thing. My mentions have melted down at this point but to answer the questions I’m mainly getting…
— James Dyer (@jamescdyer) August 22, 2019
– Yes it did happen (and calling this fake news in itself is more irony than my jetlagged mind can take).
— James Dyer (@jamescdyer) August 22, 2019
– No I wasn’t mistreated or detained in any way. Questions at customs are to be expected while fingerprinting etc is going on. It’s just the fake news/MSM diatribe that was surprising and inappropriate.
— James Dyer (@jamescdyer) August 22, 2019
– No I didn’t get his name or make a complaint. As I said, he didn’t mistreat me so while I despair that an official made these comments and that these troubling views have clearly been so normalised, I didn’t take it any further. (I just moaned about it on twitter!)
— James Dyer (@jamescdyer) August 22, 2019
– Yes, Chris did give AOTC 5 stars but it’s been 17 years so it’s probably time to let that go.
— James Dyer (@jamescdyer) August 22, 2019
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