Broadcasters' group president: Trump threats against networks undermine 'basic press freedom'
Source: The Hill
10/22/24 12:09 PM ET
The president of the leading trade group representing broadcast journalists is blasting former President Trump over his continued threats against some of the nation’s largest news networks. Curtis LeGeyt, president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, suggested Tuesday in a statement to The Hill that Trump’s repeated attacks on networks like CBS, ABC and NBC could have a chilling effect on independent journalism.
“From our country’s beginning, the right of the press to challenge the government, root out corruption and speak freely without fear of recrimination has been central to our democracy,” LeGeyt wrote in the statement. “Times may have changed, but that principle – enshrined in the First Amendment — has not.”
“The threat from any politician to revoke a broadcast license simply because they disagree with the station’s content undermines this basic freedom,” he wrote.
Trump has in recent weeks threatened to investigate or bring lawsuits against a number of broadcast networks over their coverage of him and the 2024 presidential race.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4946815-national-association-of-broadcasters-donald-trump-threats-journalism/
What do they say about messing with people "who buy ink by the barrel? They could SINK him in a hot minute. But they have refused to do so in favor of trying to sink Democrats instead. What more of a "wake up call" do they need?
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"CEO of Broadcasters Association castigates Trump over attacks on 'basic freedom', Harris campaign prepares for blowback". 
Where the hell have they been? 
We've been telling them, over and over, that this is exactly what would happen if Trump gets back in. State run propaganda, and ONLY state run propaganda. And it won't be for four years. I don't know why people keep talking about the fact that he would only have one more term. He'll never leave.
The only way they get him out is the 25th Amendment. And then we'd be stuck with Vance. Again, it won't be for only four years.
Hello, media. Are you listening now? 
