Host Kevin Gosztola talks with Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth of Project Censored about how President Donald Trump's administration has weaponized distrust toward the news media establishment to further attacks on the press.
I disagree with the thrust of the presentation here. Shaking-up of all bureaucratic systems can be healthy. All administrations have had their preferred "journalistic" outlets. Doesn't the current one deserve that also?
...but that isn't the thrust. The thrust of the conversation is that this distrust of US news media may be justified, but it does not justify attacks on the constitutional right to press freedom. To take a particular example, saying that the AP cannot access White House events because they won't call the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" is viewpoint discrimination. It's unconstitutional. And honestly, this has nothing to do with the government bureaucracy. Trump's flat out called the news media the "enemy of the people" and that rhetoric comes with actions aimed at curtailing First Amendment rights of all of us to engage in journalism.
Thank You Kevin
Thank You Kevin
Also: Reporters without Borders? You think they are supporters of press freedom and free speech? I think they are pathetic as such.
I disagree with the thrust of the presentation here. Shaking-up of all bureaucratic systems can be healthy. All administrations have had their preferred "journalistic" outlets. Doesn't the current one deserve that also?
...but that isn't the thrust. The thrust of the conversation is that this distrust of US news media may be justified, but it does not justify attacks on the constitutional right to press freedom. To take a particular example, saying that the AP cannot access White House events because they won't call the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" is viewpoint discrimination. It's unconstitutional. And honestly, this has nothing to do with the government bureaucracy. Trump's flat out called the news media the "enemy of the people" and that rhetoric comes with actions aimed at curtailing First Amendment rights of all of us to engage in journalism.