Floridaman
Well-known member
Freedom of the press does not, and has never meant being free of mockery because that would violate Freedom of Speech. It means the president won’t spy on them, arrest them or have physically supressed, if Trump had done any of that the house Would have used that as a charge, rather than them going with vague charges that mean nothing at all.It doesn't really change the hypocrisy of Trump denouncing his press critics, and in phrasing often used to justify violent suppression in other countries, while arguing for more press rights elsewhere. If anything, his prior anti-press tantrums undermine his moral authority in calling for greater freedom of the press within other countries.