Donald Trump has unleashed massive attacks against a free press, attacking the news media, in an attempt to control the news of what he is perpetrating daily, abuses of the Consitution and the rule of law!
He has worked to undermine cable media, wanting to see CNN sold to a “friendly” billionaire who would distort reality to flatter him.
He has worked to destroy the legacy of CBS, and its heroic figures of the past, including Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and Dan Rather.
He has also undermined ABC News, and is constantly on the attack against NBC News and the newly organized MS NOW, formerly MSNBC.
But he has also succeeded in influencing the Washington Post, owmed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, turning the editorial policy toward right wing propaganda points, and leading to many long term and famed journalists at that newspaper being forced out or resigning and retiring on their own.
The New York Times is resisting and fighting Trump’s attempt to damage “the newspaper of record”, a battle that is essential.
Trump has gone on the attack against women journalists in a very misogynistic manner.
Local news media are also being influenced in a deleterious manner by Trump threats.
The battle for a free press cannot be lost, as doing so would make clear that American democracy is in danger of failing!