The Legal War on Journalism
The Kicker12 Mar 2025

The Legal War on Journalism

Over the past several months, Donald Trump has mounted a series of legal attacks against the media, including a libel case against ABC, an FCC investigation into CBS, and a lawsuit accusing an Iowa pollster (and the newspaper that publishes her) of “election interference.” The sometimes far-fetched claims in these cases notwithstanding, the maneuvers are having an effect. The parent company of ABC settled the libel case, over the objections of many news staffers, and CBS has turned over inter...

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Jon Allsop on Ukraine, Brexit, and the danger of dumbing down

Jon Allsop on Ukraine, Brexit, and the danger of dumbing down

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Rule of fear—Carlotta Gall reports on the war behind the wall

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‘The more American your life is, the more vulnerable you become’

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11 Okt 201916min

Impeachment and how Trump exposed the flaws in journalism

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4 Okt 201926min

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