How autocracies take over the news media
Trump goes from complaining to controlling
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(animation from 2016)
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/business/media/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it.html
https://theweek.com/speedreads/663514/donald-trump-reportedly-yelled-media-bigwigs-publishing-picture-double-chin
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5308628/trump-white-house-press-access-voa
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Extortion is supposed to be illegal. He is perfecting the art. He needs to go.
I think Karoline Leavitt got it exactly backwards when she said it was a privilege for a reporter to cover the Trump administration. On the contrary, it is a responsibility for this or any administration to make itself available to tough questions from the press and to include all reputable news organizations.