All posts tagged "freedom of the press"
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Authoritarianism
Police Threaten To Arrest Reporter After He Was Assaulted By White Mob Carrying Bats, Guns In Philly
June 14, 2020Dozens of armed vigilantes gathered in Marconi Plaza in South Philadelphia near a Christopher Columbus statue...
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Journalist Loses Eye To Police-Fired Tear Gas Canister While Covering George Floyd Protests
June 1, 2020Balin Brake, a weekend editor at a local Fort Wayne, Indiana, television station, lost his eye...
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Trump Admin Planning To Restrict Media Access To Key Market Data As Soon As Next Week: Report
January 14, 2020The Trump administration is working on a plan to restrict media access during “lockups” where reporters...
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Trump Admin Blocked Reporters From Briefing Call Unless They Worked For A ‘Faith-Based Media’: Report
March 19, 2019The Trump administration blocked reporters from being included in a recent briefing call on international religious...
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Trump: I Attack The Press So ‘No One Will Believe’ Them When They Write ‘Negative Stories’ About Me
May 23, 2018“60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl revealed on Tuesday that President Trump once told her that he...
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Poll: Majority Of Trump Supporters Say Media Is The ‘Enemy Of The American People’
December 4, 2017A majority of President Trump’s supporters say they agree with Trump’s claim that the media is...
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CNN To Boycott White House Christmas Party For The First Time After Trump’s Attacks
November 28, 2017CNN will boycott the annual White House Christmas party for the first time amid ongoing tensions...
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Roy Moore Campaign Staffer Attacks News Cameramen Outside Campaign Rally
November 27, 2017A campaign staffer for Roy Moore physically attacked a cameraman outside of a rally for the...
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Minutes After Attacking ‘Fake News’ CNN, Trump Endorses Fake News Conspiracy Website
November 27, 2017President Trump went on a Twitter tirade this Thanksgiving weekend, attacking CNN International as “a major...
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Bush Speechwriter Warns: Trump’s CNN Tweets Are A ‘Direct Attack’ On The Safety Of Journalists
November 26, 2017A former speechwriter for President George W. Bush is warning that President Trump’s repeated attacks on...
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Comey Shares Quote About Freedom Of The Press After Trump Trashes CNN, Praises Fox News
November 25, 2017Former FBI Director James Comey fired back at President Trump’s Saturday evening attack on CNN, claiming...
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More Americans Trust CNN, New York Times Than Trump, Poll Finds
July 4, 2017A new online poll finds that Americans trust CNN, The Washington Post, The New York Times,...
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Trump Uses Speech Honoring Veterans To Slam ‘Dishonest Media’: ‘I’m President And They’re Not’
July 2, 2017President Donald Trump attacked the so-called “dishonest media” Saturday night during a speech honoring America’s veterans,...
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Holds Press Conference In Saudi Arabia Without U.S. Journalists: Reports
May 21, 2017Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held a joint press conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir...