Donald Trump Attack On First Amendment

The 175th Anniversary Of The New York Times: “All The News That’s Fit To Print”

Ronald 9 Comments

Yesterday, September 18, marked the 175th Anniversary of The New York Times, with its motto “All The News That’s Fit To Print”, begun in 1851.

Without any debate, The New York Times is clearly the best, most comprehensive newspaper in America, and the only one that has a complete index of all news for all 175 years, invaluable to readers and scholars, including this author and blogger, when he was conducting research for his two scholarly published works.

That does not mean that The New York Times is “perfect”, as no publication is totally that, but it is still the premier news source, with thousands of correspondents contributing to the best portrait of what is going on in America and the world at large, from before the Civil War through the two World Wars, the Cold War, and the tumult of the present day under President Donald Trump.

The New York Times, along with many other newspapers, magazines, and radio and TV news coverage, is essential to preserve the First Amendment Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press.

Every decent person must, vehemently, oppose in every way possible the attacks perpetrated by Donald Trump and his corrupt administration, which are promoting the loss of freedom, democracy, freedom of thought.

The authoritarian bent of Donald Trump must be fought against in every way imaginable, as the never ending fight for keeping the federal and all other governments responsible to the public interest.

So the news that Trump has barred CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House Grounds cannot be allowed to stand.

He is also threatening the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and other news sources, which requires a response of opposition and determination by all Americans.

A Salute To The Major News Media, Resisting Trump Presidency Efforts To Intimidate Truth And Facts!

Ronald 12 Comments

America is blessed with a basic set of freedoms, as stated in the First Amendment to the US Constitution–the right to freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and to petition the government for redress of grievances.

Tragically, the Trump Presidency has massively violated the First Amendment, leading to legal and judicial challenges, many which have been won, but at great financial and emotional cost.

Now, the Trump Administration is investigating and suing NY TIMES journalists for exposing the dangers of the new Air Force One “gift” from the Middle East nation of Qatar, showing how unsafe the plane is for protecting the President, other government officials, and news reporters that travel with the President.

Crazily, Trump wants to prosecute these reporters, despite the fact that their exposure of the issue about the plane involved protection not only of him, but of national security in a broad sense.

So this blogger and author, once again, as often in the past, salutes the major news media that will NOT bend to Trump, and will continue to commit themselves to exposure of truth and facts without any ideological basis.

Specifically, although not only, these pathbreaking and great news media include:

NY TIMES
WASHINGTON POST
LOS ANGELES TIMES
CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN)
MS NOW
NBC NEWS
ABC NEWS
CBS NEWS

Already, there is a challenge to the independence of CBS News, controlled by Larry Ellison and his son, David Ellison, who is trying to gain control of CNN, as part of a massive merger, being resisted by 12 Attorneys General of states in court.

Attacks On First Amendment Escalating As Donald Trump Seeks Retribution

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The Donald Trump attacks on the First Amendment are escalating as retribution is sought against all critics.

Two weeks ago, the day that King Charles reminded America about checks and balances, and need for restriction of executive power, the Trump Administration proceeded to indict for the second time the former head of the FBI, James Comey, claiming wrongfully that Comey had threatened the life of President Trump.

Also, ABC was faced with a federal lawsuit due to the humor and comedy of Jimmy Kimmel, once before literally fired for his commentary on Donald Trump, but restored a week later.

The First Lady, Melania Trump, also condemned Jimmy Kimmel as promoting violence, pure hypocrisy, as it is her husband who is provoking terror and violence through his rhetoric and actions as President.

The growing threat against all in the federal and state governments across America are due to the provocative and divisive language and actions of the President, who cannot tolerate humor or criticism.

And the Trump Administration is pursuing legal action against news media, including even the conservative Wall Street Journal, owned by conservative Rupert Murdoch, as well as the NY Times, and undermining CNN which soon will likely be owned by David Ellison, of Paramount Skydance Media, which already has undermined CBS News since they gained control of that once great media institution.

Additionally, Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, has done great damage to that newspaper, turning it editorially into a right wing direction, while the regular news coverage is still considered reliable.