Summary
Donald Trump has escalated his attacks on the press, filing lawsuits against outlets like the Des Moines Register and CBS over alleged fraud and defamation.
These moves come amid his broader campaign to weaken press freedoms, including efforts to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, a landmark ruling protecting journalists from frivolous lawsuits.
While some media outlets have caved under pressure, Trump’s critics warn this undermines free speech.
Legal battles and backlash from alleged ties between pro-Trump groups and pollsters could complicate his crusade. Trump remains emboldened by his legal and political maneuvers.
And whose fault is his rise and prominence again? Who riddled every single day of the last nine years with gadfly stories about him to the exclusion of everything else? Who gave him free marketing, non stop, at all times, for ad money? Oh it was the press? That’s wild. Well, y’all wanted this.
They probably thought that obeying in advance would save them.
Yeah. Pretty telling that now they turn around and act like an authority on it after ignoring everyone’s warnings for the last decade. “News”.