Avatarrxycf62NowTrump’s Blueprint for Bending the Media Has Nixon Written All Over Itverified_publisherThe New York Times - By Jim RutenbergThe president’s heavy-handed approach to traditional journalists has the hallmarks of an attempted crackdown 50 years ago. Voters had delivered the president to the White House for a second term, disregarding news about arrests and indictments of former aides accused of breaking the law to help keep …
Avatarrxycf62NowThe Chilling Consequences of Going Along With Trumpverified_publisherThe New York Times - By M. GessenIn 1978, my parents went to Poland, the first foreign trip in each of their lives. When they returned to our home in Moscow, my mother couldn’t stop talking about what they’d seen — not a place but a movie, Bob Fosse’s “Cabaret.” One scene in particular stayed with her. Three friends are returning …
Avatarrxycf62NowTrump’s New Line of Attack Against the Media Gains Momentumverified_publisherThe New York Times - By David EnrichFirst Amendment experts say Mr. Trump’s lawsuits, based on an unproven legal theory, lack merit. But more could be on the way. Media lawyers scoffed last year when President Trump sued two news organizations for producing journalism that, he claimed, violated laws meant to protect consumers from …
CBS by caving showed it is a coward.Avatarrxycf622 hours agoF.C.C. Releases ‘60 Minutes’ Interview With Kamala Harrisverified_publisherThe New York Times - By Benjamin MullinThe complete interview, which is at the center of a lawsuit filed by President Trump, shows that “60 Minutes” aired a concise version of Ms. Harris’s answer on Israel. The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday released the transcript of a “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala …
Avatarrxycf625 hours agoThis Is Not a Moment to Settle With Trumpverified_publisherThe New York Times - By Jameel JafferJudge Learned Hand, revered for his eloquent and consequential defense of free speech at the height of World War I, came to fear, later in his life, that Americans had placed too much faith in lawyers and legal institutions. In 1944, at a celebration of what was then known as “I am an American …
Cowards.Avatarrxycf626 days agoTegna Lays Off Entire National Fact-Checking and ‘Misinformation’ Teammediaite.com - Charlie NashTelevision news and media company Tegna laid off its entire national fact-checking team this week less than a month after President Donald Trump’s …