Dictators get started by suppressing media: McCain blasts Trump’s war on press

‘Republican Senator John McCain has stoked controversy over his criticism of President Donald Trump’s hostile handling of the media, warning “That’s how dictators get started.”
“I hate the press,” the Arizona senator told presenter Chuck Todd on NBC’s Meet the Press. “But the fact is we need you. We need a free press. We must have it. It’s vital.”
“If you want to preserve democracy as we known it, you have to have a free, and at times adversarial free press,” he added. “And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That’s how dictators get started.”‘
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