John McCain on Free Press
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McCain Warns Suppressing Press ‘Is How Dictators Get Started’
Republican Sen. John McCain took a veiled swipe at President Donald Trump's attacks on the media, cautioning that suppressing the press "is how dictators get started."
McCain, who has broken with Trump on several issues, made the comments in an exclusive interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd, after being asked about the president's condemnation of several media outlets as "fake news" and "an enemy of the American people."
From the Left
McCain: Dictators 'get started by suppressing free press' 
Sen. John McCain slammed President Donald Trump's attacks on the media this week by noting dictators "get started by suppressing free press."
It was a startling observation from a sitting member of Congress against the President of the United States, especially considering McCain is a member of Trump's party.
From the Right
McCain defends the media in NBC interview
In an interview on NBC airing on Sunday, Senator John McCain defended the media, saying “we need a free press, we must have it.”
In an interview with NBC News' Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press” the Republican senator was asked to respond to President Trump’s tweet on Friday where he called many media outlets “the enemy of the American people.”
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