Many Republicans say Trump should have power to shut down media outlets

Another misleading headline. What the story actually conveyed is:
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No less than 26 percent of Americans say they agree that "the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior."
"Some 43 percent of Republicans say yeah, let the president shut down media operations he doesn't like. And 12 percent of Democrats agree, along with 21 percent of independents."
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It was a poll taken by Ipsos and we all know how accurate polls are. It isn't just some people identified in a poll as Republicans but also democrats and independents.

You might want to read up on the Obama administration going after the media with the DOJ. This actually happened, it is not a poll.

Both the AP and Fox were targets. This is an actual story of government abuse, not a poll about it. There are lots of stories about the actual abuse by the government out there to read if you are really worried about the feds going after the media. It has happened, very recently.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/05/23/stand-with-fox-news-james-rosen.html

As a side note, 40% of young people say freedom of speech is dangerous according to a Washington Post poll.

Sounds like a true dictatorship ploy there.