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.