Can Freedom of the Press Survive Another Trump Presidency?
Government run media may become the new normal as journalism is outlawed
Donald Trump has made no secret about his disdain for a free and independent press, as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
During his 2016 presidential campaign and subsequent time in the White House, Trump castigated the mainstream media as the “enemy of the people” regarding any coverage he deemed critical of his own political viewpoints — or which he simply did not like for whatever reason.
Trump’s animosity toward journalists is well documented. He’s been raging against the news media unabated for the past decade.
Trump has threatened to jail reporters, shutter news organizations and punish big tech companies that don’t comply with his mandates.
During his presidency, Trump threatened Google, Facebook and Twitter over questionable political censorship for allegedly silencing conservative voices. Nonpartisan fact checkers proved Trump wrong.
The question now is whether the First Amendment can survive a second Trump presidency?
Trump’s threats to the media…
