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The Framers of the U.S. Constitution understood that a free press is
imperative for a democracy. Silencing critics is the refuge of those
who know what they are doing is unpopular and unjustifiable.
Jim Acosta, who left CNN, noted that while the administration is
attempting to establish a state media, the American people
increasingly have the option of reading independent journalism. "Yes,"
Acosta wrote, “Trump put me on his media hit list. | regret to report to
the notoriously thin-skinned, twice elected, yet soon to be thrice-
impeached president that | am still here, loving the freedom of
independent media.... Living rent free in the mind of the president of
the United States is indeed liberating, especially when you are coloring
outside the lines of corporate media.”
#War #Trump #Media #StateMedia #FreeSpeech #alt
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