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Kasich To Media: ‘Thank God You’re There… To Hold People Accountable’

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The afGov. John Kasich (R-OH) sang the praises of America’s news media landscape in a Sunday interview with CNN’s Jim Sciutto , saying, “I have great respect for the press.”

Invited by Sciutto to join Sen. John McCain’s description of President Donald Trump’s criticisms of news media outlets as dictatorial, Kasich spoke of applause he received from the press:

“What I have said to the press in Ohio and around the country and here in Munich is, thank God you’re there. You’re there that have to — to hold people accountable.

And without a free press — well, we’re going to have a free press. And while I don’t always agree with the reporting of the press, they are vital. They are really such an important part of democracy.

And when I met just recently with press all across the state of Ohio, some that are very critical of me, when I walked into the room, they applauded me. And I got on the stage and I said, I applaud you for following the facts and reporting a story even at times when it is not easy.

I have great respect for the press. I was once in the press. The key, though, is not to be oversensationalizing everything, but get to the facts. Let the investigation of the press go where it wants. Tell the story.

That’s a part of America. And it’s a part of an institution that works to make sure that things have balance.”

At no point did Kasich comment on widespread left-wing or partisan Democrat biases across the news media landscape or the impact of such biases in bending American public opinion.

Left-wing and Democrat-aligned news media outlets and their allies have recently described Trump’s criticisms of various news media outlets’ conduct as a broad undermining of the First Amendment, conflating such criticisms with moves to subvert constitutional protections for a free press.

Despite fashioning themselves as defenders of the First Amendment, left-wing and Democrat-aligned news media outlets essentially ignored unanimous support among Senate Democrats to rewrite the First Amendment in 2014 via constitutional amendment to empower Congress to restrict people and corporations from “spending money to influence elections.”

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