Summary
Donald Trump, the president-elect and convicted felon, has escalated his legal attacks on media outlets critical of him, sparking fears for press freedom under his second term.
His lawyer recently demanded $10 billion in damages from The New York Times and Penguin Random House over alleged “defamatory” content.
Similar lawsuits target the Daily Beast, CBS News, and others, accusing them of “malicious” reporting and election interference.
Media groups and watchdogs, including the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders, warn these actions threaten press freedom and the public’s right to information.
Whaaaaat? A wannabe despot is doing despot things? Wild
I don’t know that you needed to use “wannabe”…
He’s not president yet. The US will knowingly hand the keys to power to a madman who wants to abolish democracy. Great job, guys.
This is on par with “the capitalist will sell you the rope to hang himself.”
Media should of been asking “what does deporting millions of illegals looks like logistically.” But they softballed him for the ratings and scandalous stories.
They brought this onto themselves.
They absolutely coddled and voiced all his insane rantings while never refuting any of them.
I hope their 30 pieces of silver are heavy in their pockets as the rope is put around their necks.
Did you wrote that last sentence yourself ? I might steal it, great writing
I think so but it’s probably paraphrased from something I heard once upon a time, feel free to use it.
So glad the media hedged its bets and still lost and is taking the rest of us with them
Doesn’t suing for damages mean you have to prove damages? The fucker just got reelected president, what damages did he succumb to?
Trump is a shit throwing champ. His shit is so noxious it sticks to and destroys almost anything it touches. Even if you make it away without being completely Broken down it sticks with you like the stank of the Bog of the Eternal Stench!!!
He’s throwing shit cause now he can start throwing shit again at the media being shills and hurting everything to ruin trust in the words spoken and ideas passed … since now the platform is no longer helpful in his victory.
It would if our legal system wasn’t a sham. Unfortunately basically every “rule” it has is snapped off at the base from the lightest breath of a wealthy Pearson.
It’s special, from the outside (I’m not American) to see the USA will go in full blast dictatorship in 2 months. If we believe Trump will do what he said, basically there will be no more future election, no department of education, no FBI, no press freedom, no veteran healthcare, etc and also Hillary, the Biden, Obama, etc will be in jail yada yada.
Will see from the outside, with a popcorn bucket, the shitshow.
From the outside, a lot of people are also saying that USA deserved it because they voted for it, like brexit for instance.
Sorry for you guys ☹️
Well, twenty something percent of citizens voted for him but yes. I don’t think it’ll be quite as bad as he said since there guard rails, but we apparent voted for a full Congress for him too and hoping “sane” Republicans will save us is a fools errend.
But if 2016 is any indication, it’s probably not as bad as brexit, lol. I think we need to leave NATO or something to be that bad. (But, Brits didn’t deserve that, either, nor their crappy Tory leadership. They have my sympathy, as anyone conned by evil people should).
This screams “I’m so insecure that I must silence any and all criticisms.”
What a pathetic human being.
The sanewashing has consequences after all.
The same media companies that helped him get elected?
This is what bezos was afraid of.
Rest assured, Jeff Bezos is not afraid of anyone. No billionaire is.
One might argue that is the biggest problem we face
Aside from democracy and society as a whole, the biggest loser in this last campaign was traditional media. I don’t think any outlets came out ahead and confidence for many in publications like the NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, CNN, MSNBC, and others is at rock bottom.
Ah, right. Quoting the candidate and discussing his behavior is election interference now 🤦♂️
