[ExI] ​Freedom of the press

[John Clark]

On
February
​27 ​
2016
​ ​
Trump said
​ ​
"*We're going to open up the libel laws so when they write falsely we can
sue the media and we can get these stories corrected and get damages*."

​On ​
March 30, 2017 Trump
​ ​
tweeted
​ ​
"*The failing @nytimes has disgraced the media world. Gotten me wrong for
two solid years. Change libel laws*?"

On May 1 2017 Trump invited Philippine dictator Rodrigo Duterte to the
White House,
​ ​
Duterte
​ ​
has said "*Just because you're a journalist you are not exempted from
assassination if you're a son of a bitch*
​". ​

On May 2 2017 Trump's
​ ​
Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said that a
​
Constitutional
​
Amendment to change the
​guarantee of ​
freedom of the press so
​that ​
the President can sue
​anyone​
 who
says​anything
 about him
​ he doesn't like ​
"*is being looked at*"
​.​


Oh well, at least we won't have to face the horrors of Hillary's Email
server.

  John K Clark
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