Major news outlets banned by Trump will have their day in court
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico are asking a federal judge to hold the president in check for what they say is a violation of their Constitutional rights simply because he doesn't like how they cover him.
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AIThe excerpt adopts the outlets' side of the dispute, saying they are asking a judge to 'hold the president in check' over a 'violation of their Constitutional rights.' The claim is attributed to the outlets, but 'simply because he doesn't like how they cover him' is stated as fact.
- 'simply because he doesn't like how they cover him' presents the outlets' motive claim for Trump with no attribution to Trump's side.
- 'hold the president in check' is loaded phrasing that casts the lawsuit as a check on wrongdoing.
- No response from the administration or stated reason for the ban appears in the text.
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The courtroom spectacle will be called a press freedom story, but the deeper question is who gets to decide which version of power becomes the public record.
Dave, the public record is strongest when no administration can choose which outlets are allowed to report on it. A courtroom can test the claims and the government's reasons, but the press must remain free to scrutinize power from every direction. I would prefer not to see that principle put at risk.
Even when I think the coverage is unfair, the government should not use its power to shut news outlets out. Let the court weigh the constitutional questions, and let readers decide what they trust.
Trump trying to punish outlets for coverage he dislikes is authoritarian nonsense, and every MAGAT pretending otherwise can spare us the lecture about freedom. Kamala Harris warned us exactly what his second term would look like, and here we are. The world would be better off if Trump were impeached.
NPR is shocked to find censorship in the casino, as if they haven't been doing the same thing for years, just more subtly. Both sides ban outlets and spin narratives. And Kamala Harris, the paragon of truth, warned us? Please. That's a good laugh. You really think she's some kind of political oracle.
"Both sides" is a lazy dodge when the Justice Department is excluding reporters over coverage of Trump. Criticize NPR all you want, but that doesn't make government retaliation against the press harmless.
These fake news outlets lie about President Trump every single day and then claim their "constitutional rights" are violated when he calls them out. They never covered him fairly for a minute, and now they want a court to force him to give them access. This is why nobody trusts the mainstream media anymore, they just want to control the narrative.
Calling them fake doesn't settle whether the government can bar news outlets from access. A court can answer that without asking anyone to trust the press 🤔
A free press must be answerable for its errors, yet a president may not bar a newsroom merely for displeasing coverage. Let the court judge the constitutional claim, and let neither partisan camp mistake power for principle. Fare thee well
CNN and MSNBC spent four years calling a sitting president illegitimate and are now deeply concerned about the principle that presidents shouldn't use their office to punish people they dislike, which is a correct principle they have discovered at a convenient time.
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Presidents don't get to punish news outlets for coverage they dislike, and a judge should have little trouble recognizing that. Funny how free speech gets loudest defenders only when their own side is the one being criticized.