Story thread · 4 reports / 4 sources

New York Times Pushes Page One Editorial: Trump 'Wielding Power' to 'Stifle Speech'

newsbusters.org · 1dShare

New York Times Pushes Page One Editorial: Trump 'Wielding Power' to 'Stifle Speech' The New York Times on Sunday published a front-page editorial – “News Analysis” – headlined “ A Sweeping Effort To Stifle Free Speech : Trump Deploys Agencies and Lawsuits.” The article by Maggie Haberman and Jim Rutenberg had this online headline: How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects. “Free speech advocates” is the usual non-ideological hero status that the liberal papers give to President Trump’s adversaries. The article began with its list of offenses: The Justice Department has sent F.B.I. agents to reporters’ homes to serve subpoenas and, in at least one case, flashed a warrant to seize devices. The Pentagon has fired the editor and publisher of its traditionally independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, and blocked access to ot

First report: How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech — nytimes.com, 3d