#viewpointdiscrimination — Public Fediverse posts

Rubio Wanted To Ban ‘Censors’ From Entering The US. A Court Says He’s The One Censoring.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/15/rubio-wanted-to-ban-censors-from-entering-the-us-a-court-says-hes-the-one-censoring/

Rubio Wanted To Ban ‘Censors’ From Entering The US. A Court Says He’s The One Censoring.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/15/rubio-wanted-to-ban-censors-from-entering-the-us-a-court-says-hes-the-one-censoring/

Freedom of movement is definitely a good thing, but so is freedom of speech. This law in Northern Ireland fines anyone for "influencing" others seeking reproductive services within 100 meters of providers. This apparently includes speech unrelated to reproductive care. Such a precedent, if allowed to stand, would render conduct of millions of law-abiding Britons a misdemeanor.

https://reason.com/2026/04/21/retired-pastor-faces-trial-under-u-k-speech-laws-for-preaching-john-316-near-hospital/

#freeSpeech #NorthernIreland #UnitedKingdom #governmentOverreach #viewpointDiscrimination

US District Judge Randolph Moss in Washington ruled that the #Trump executive order to cease funding for #NPR & #PBS is unlawful & unenforceable. The judge said the #FirstAmendment right to #FreeSpeech “does not tolerate #ViewpointDiscrimination & #retaliation of this type.”

“It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like & seeks to squelch,” wrote Moss.

#law #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny

US District Judge Randolph Moss in Washington ruled that the #Trump executive order to cease funding for #NPR & #PBS is unlawful & unenforceable. The judge said the #FirstAmendment right to #FreeSpeech “does not tolerate #ViewpointDiscrimination & #retaliation of this type.”

“It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like & seeks to squelch,” wrote Moss.

#law #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny

#Trump: " #BigMedia practices #viewpointdiscrimination and outrageously #factchecks Americans trying to use their #FirstAmendment Rights."

Also #Trump: "Here's a new official federal government list of fake, subversive, lying, seditious, evil, terrible, treasonous news outlets we don't like."

https://apnews.com/article/trump-press-media-bias-hall-of-shame-4571e8bfc924de0d83529b635be0a68c

#Trump: " #BigMedia practices #viewpointdiscrimination and outrageously #factchecks Americans trying to use their #FirstAmendment Rights."

Also #Trump: "Here's a new official federal government list of fake, subversive, lying, seditious, evil, terrible, treasonous news outlets we don't like."

https://apnews.com/article/trump-press-media-bias-hall-of-shame-4571e8bfc924de0d83529b635be0a68c

This is 100% the Malicious Practices Act of 1933 aka "Ordinance for the Defense against Malicious Attacks against the Government"

#Trump #fascism #ThoughtPolice #dissent #ViewpointDiscrimination #NaziInformants #law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion

This is 100% the Malicious Practices Act of 1933 aka "Ordinance for the Defense against Malicious Attacks against the Government"

#Trump #fascism #ThoughtPolice #dissent #ViewpointDiscrimination #NaziInformants #law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion

The memo also calls on the department's grant-making offices to prioritize awarding #funding to states & municipalities that have programs designed to protect against [thier definition of] “domestic terrorism”, & it instructs the #FBI to update & improve its tip line so that "witnesses & citizen journalists can send media of suspected acts of domestic terrorism."

#Trump #fascism #ThoughtPolice #dissent #ViewpointDiscrimination #NaziInformants #law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion

The memo also calls on the department's grant-making offices to prioritize awarding #funding to states & municipalities that have programs designed to protect against [thier definition of] “domestic terrorism”, & it instructs the #FBI to update & improve its tip line so that "witnesses & citizen journalists can send media of suspected acts of domestic terrorism."

#Trump #fascism #ThoughtPolice #dissent #ViewpointDiscrimination #NaziInformants #law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion

‘Polarizing’ *journalist* #BariWeiss to become #CBSNews editor-in-chief in wake of controversial #Paramount merger

Opponents say Weiss’s ‘anti-woke’, pro-Israel stance will be like ‘dropping a grenade’ in the newsroom

#FourthEstate #journalism #media #Trump #censorship #ViewpointDiscrimination #propaganda #law #FreePress
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bari-weiss-cbs-paramount-merger-b2838771.html

‘Polarizing’ *journalist* #BariWeiss to become #CBSNews editor-in-chief in wake of controversial #Paramount merger

Opponents say Weiss’s ‘anti-woke’, pro-Israel stance will be like ‘dropping a grenade’ in the newsroom

#FourthEstate #journalism #media #Trump #censorship #ViewpointDiscrimination #propaganda #law #FreePress
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bari-weiss-cbs-paramount-merger-b2838771.html

The new #policy on "anti-Americanism" comes days after the #Trump admin tightened standards for #naturalization, moving away from a standard where the required "good moral character" is shown by an absence of disqualifying offenses to a rule where applicants must prove they are "worthy" of #citizenship.

#immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny

The new #policy on "anti-Americanism" comes days after the #Trump admin tightened standards for #naturalization, moving away from a standard where the required "good moral character" is shown by an absence of disqualifying offenses to a rule where applicants must prove they are "worthy" of #citizenship.

#immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny

The full #policy memo is here. The #Trump administration says that it will use its discretion to deny immigration #benefits to anyone it deems to have supported a group with "anti-American ideologies" or engaged in "anti-American activities."

#immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20250819-DiscretionaryFactors.pdf

The full #policy memo is here. The #Trump administration says that it will use its discretion to deny immigration #benefits to anyone it deems to have supported a group with "anti-American ideologies" or engaged in "anti-American activities."

#immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20250819-DiscretionaryFactors.pdf

Via Aaron Melnick:

#McCarthyism returns to #immigration #law, as #USCIS announces that it will begin screening applicants for immigration benefits for "Anti-America ideologies or activities." The term has no prior precedent in immigration law & its definition is entirely up to the #Trump admin.

#Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny

Via Aaron Melnick:

#McCarthyism returns to #immigration #law, as #USCIS announces that it will begin screening applicants for immigration benefits for "Anti-America ideologies or activities." The term has no prior precedent in immigration law & its definition is entirely up to the #Trump admin.

#Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny

#MahmoudKhalil said he also stopped working for the British Embassy in Beirut in December 2022, when he moved to the US, despite the administration’s claims that he had worked in the embassy’s Syria office longer.

#Trump #law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #ViewpointDiscrimination

#MahmoudKhalil said he also stopped working for the British Embassy in Beirut in December 2022, when he moved to the US, despite the administration’s claims that he had worked in the embassy’s Syria office longer.

#Trump #law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #ViewpointDiscrimination

#MahmoudKhalil has previously disputed the notion that he omitted information on his application.

In a filing last week, he maintained he was never employed by or served as an “officer” of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, as the admin claims, but completed an internship approved by the #university as part of his graduate studies.

#Trump #law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #ViewpointDiscrimination

#MahmoudKhalil has previously disputed the notion that he omitted information on his application.

In a filing last week, he maintained he was never employed by or served as an “officer” of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, as the admin claims, but completed an internship approved by the #university as part of his graduate studies.

#Trump #law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #ViewpointDiscrimination

Judge denies to order the release of #MahmoudKhalil saying his preliminary injunction did not block the admin from detaining him on bases *other than* Secretary #MarcoRubio determination.

[under what other rationale is he being detained then???]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.njd.564334/gov.uscourts.njd.564334.306.0_1.pdf

#Trump #law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #ViewpointDiscrimination #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary

Judge denies to order the release of #MahmoudKhalil saying his preliminary injunction did not block the admin from detaining him on bases *other than* Secretary #MarcoRubio determination.

[under what other rationale is he being detained then???]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.njd.564334/gov.uscourts.njd.564334.306.0_1.pdf

#Trump #law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #ViewpointDiscrimination #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary

Lawyers for #MahmoudKhalil ask Judge Farbiarz, who is overseeing his case, to explicitly order his #release from #immigration #detention.

The judge's order was ambiguous on this, & the admin has not made clear whether it will, in fact, release him at 9:30 (CT) today.

#law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #ViewpointDiscrimination #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary

Lawyers for #MahmoudKhalil ask Judge Farbiarz, who is overseeing his case, to explicitly order his #release from #immigration #detention.

The judge's order was ambiguous on this, & the admin has not made clear whether it will, in fact, release him at 9:30 (CT) today.

#law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #ViewpointDiscrimination #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary

Trump Makes NPR’s Legal Case Extra Easy By Admitting Retaliatory Motives In Executive Order Title

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/30/trump-makes-nprs-legal-case-extra-easy-by-admitting-retaliatory-motives-in-executive-order-title/

Trump Makes NPR’s Legal Case Extra Easy By Admitting Retaliatory Motives In Executive Order Title

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/30/trump-makes-nprs-legal-case-extra-easy-by-admitting-retaliatory-motives-in-executive-order-title/

Trump Loyalist Judge Smacks Down Trump Admin Over Blocking The AP

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/09/trump-loyalist-judge-smacks-down-trump-admin-over-blocking-the-ap/

Trump Loyalist Judge Smacks Down Trump Admin Over Blocking The AP

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/09/trump-loyalist-judge-smacks-down-trump-admin-over-blocking-the-ap/

When reading this remember #Trump conflates #humanitarian concerns for #Palestinians living in #Gaza with constant #Israel attacks while facing starvation & disease as #antisemitism.

#DHS to Begin Screening *Aliens’* #SocialMedia Activity for Antisemitism

#immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState
https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-to-begin-screening-aliens-social-media-activity-for-antisemitism

When reading this remember #Trump conflates #humanitarian concerns for #Palestinians living in #Gaza with constant #Israel attacks while facing starvation & disease as #antisemitism.

#DHS to Begin Screening *Aliens’* #SocialMedia Activity for Antisemitism

#immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState
https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-to-begin-screening-aliens-social-media-activity-for-antisemitism

Here is the text of the email sent to hundreds of international #students telling them that
their #visas have been revoked due to #activism or #SocialMedia posts.

#Trump #immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #Education #Universities #Colleges #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState

Here is the text of the email sent to hundreds of international #students telling them that
their #visas have been revoked due to #activism or #SocialMedia posts.

#Trump #immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #Education #Universities #Colleges #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState

*** This report may not be accurate. Times of India is the only outlet reporting it. ***

Hundreds of international #students have received an email telling them their #visas have been revoked.

The ‘justification’ is campus #activism or #SocialMedia posts.

#Trump #immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #Education #Universities #Colleges #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hundreds-of-international-students-are-waking-up-to-an-email-asking-them-to-self-deport-for-campus-activism-or-even-sharing-posts-on-social-media/articleshow/119679695.cms

*** This report may not be accurate. Times of India is the only outlet reporting it. ***

Hundreds of international #students have received an email telling them their #visas have been revoked.

The ‘justification’ is campus #activism or #SocialMedia posts.

#Trump #immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #Education #Universities #Colleges #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hundreds-of-international-students-are-waking-up-to-an-email-asking-them-to-self-deport-for-campus-activism-or-even-sharing-posts-on-social-media/articleshow/119679695.cms

#RümeysaÖztürk's filing contains a paragraph each on the similar treatment of #RanjaniSrinivasan, #MahmoudKahlil, #YunseoChung, #BadarKhanSuri, & #MomodouTaal.

It also quotes 🤬 #MarcoRubio:

#immigration #law #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState #Trump

#RümeysaÖztürk's filing contains a paragraph each on the similar treatment of #RanjaniSrinivasan, #MahmoudKahlil, #YunseoChung, #BadarKhanSuri, & #MomodouTaal.

It also quotes 🤬 #MarcoRubio:

#immigration #law #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState #Trump

In an amended petition for #HabeasCorpus, #RümeysaÖztürk's attorneys—now including the #ACLU—describe her arrest & detention as "part of a concerted & systemic effort by #Trump administration officials to #punish #students & others identified with pro-#Palestine activism."

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282503/gov.uscourts.mad.282503.12.0.pdf

#immigration #law #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState

In an amended petition for #HabeasCorpus, #RümeysaÖztürk's attorneys—now including the #ACLU—describe her arrest & detention as "part of a concerted & systemic effort by #Trump administration officials to #punish #students & others identified with pro-#Palestine activism."

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282503/gov.uscourts.mad.282503.12.0.pdf

#immigration #law #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState

More from Axios:

#ColumbiaUniversity agreed to some of the #Trump admin's demands after some $400 million in federal grants & contracts were pulled from the university over allegations of antisemitism, per a university memo shared Friday.

#law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState #MafiaState
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/columbia-trump-federal-funding-protests

More from Axios:

#ColumbiaUniversity agreed to some of the #Trump admin's demands after some $400 million in federal grants & contracts were pulled from the university over allegations of antisemitism, per a university memo shared Friday.

#law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState #MafiaState
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/columbia-trump-federal-funding-protests

A Statement from #ConstitutionalLaw Scholars on the government's funding cutoff at #ColumbiaUniversity

— Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole, & 15 other scholars

The #USgovernment may not threaten #funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing #First #Amendment protected #speech.

#law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/03/20/a-statement-from-constitutional-law-scholars-on-columbia/

A Statement from #ConstitutionalLaw Scholars on the government's funding cutoff at #ColumbiaUniversity

— Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole, & 15 other scholars

The #USgovernment may not threaten #funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing #First #Amendment protected #speech.

#law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/03/20/a-statement-from-constitutional-law-scholars-on-columbia/

This is beyond…

#LeMonde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to #US after a #search of his #phone & #computer revealed messages critical of #Trump's #science cuts, "which [says #CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated.

#law #geopolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #Nazis #ViewpointDiscrimination
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html

This is beyond…

#LeMonde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to #US after a #search of his #phone & #computer revealed messages critical of #Trump's #science cuts, "which [says #CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated.

#law #geopolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #Nazis #ViewpointDiscrimination
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html

Judge denies #Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss #GreenCard holder #MahmoudKhalil’s challenge to his #deportation

#immigration #law #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #CivilRights #dissent #ViewPointDiscrimination
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/mar/19/us-politics-live-donald-trump-republicans-democrats-elon-musk-latest-news

Judge denies #Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss #GreenCard holder #MahmoudKhalil’s challenge to his #deportation

#immigration #law #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #CivilRights #dissent #ViewPointDiscrimination
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/mar/19/us-politics-live-donald-trump-republicans-democrats-elon-musk-latest-news

…[#MartyBaron said], #Bezos’ closer proximity to #Trump at the inauguration & through #Amazon’s production deal on a #MelaniaTrump documentary did not appear to fulfill his public goal of increasing the #WashingtonPost’s independence. “It was a sign of dependence, not independence—the dependence of Amazon, #BlueOrigin & Bezos on Donald Trump," he wrote.

#MafiaState #kleptocracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #FreePress #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #ViewPointDiscrimination #law #USpol

…[#MartyBaron said], #Bezos’ closer proximity to #Trump at the inauguration & through #Amazon’s production deal on a #MelaniaTrump documentary did not appear to fulfill his public goal of increasing the #WashingtonPost’s independence. “It was a sign of dependence, not independence—the dependence of Amazon, #BlueOrigin & Bezos on Donald Trump," he wrote.

#MafiaState #kleptocracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #FreePress #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #ViewPointDiscrimination #law #USpol

“It was only weeks ago that The Post described itself as providing coverage for ‘all of America,’” #MartyBaron wrote in his statement. “Now its opinion pages will be open to only some of America, those who think exactly as he does.”

…Baron also accused #Bezos of acquiescing to #Trump & the his attacks on the #press for his own business interests.

#MafiaState #kleptocracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #FreePress #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #ViewPointDiscrimination #law #USpol

“It was only weeks ago that The Post described itself as providing coverage for ‘all of America,’” #MartyBaron wrote in his statement. “Now its opinion pages will be open to only some of America, those who think exactly as he does.”

…Baron also accused #Bezos of acquiescing to #Trump & the his attacks on the #press for his own business interests.

#MafiaState #kleptocracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #FreePress #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #ViewPointDiscrimination #law #USpol

#Bezos said on Wed he would mandate the paper’s #opinions section to focus on supporting #FreeMarkets & #PersonalLiberties, saying those pieces w/opposing views can “be left to be published by others.”

The move was rebuked by current & former #WashingtonPost staffers, though it was praised in a trolling post by #Trump’s WH.

#MartyBaron #FourthEstate #journalism #media #FreePress #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #ViewPointDiscrimination #law #USpol

#Bezos said on Wed he would mandate the paper’s #opinions section to focus on supporting #FreeMarkets & #PersonalLiberties, saying those pieces w/opposing views can “be left to be published by others.”

The move was rebuked by current & former #WashingtonPost staffers, though it was praised in a trolling post by #Trump’s WH.

#MartyBaron #FourthEstate #journalism #media #FreePress #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #ViewPointDiscrimination #law #USpol

Legendary #WashingtonPost Editor, #MartyBaron, Slams #Bezos for ‘Betraying’ Paper with #MAGA Makeover

Fmr WaPo executive editor Marty Baron condemned #JeffBezos’ revamp of the paper’s #opinions section in a statement to the Daily Beast, saying he was “sad & disgusted” by the #billionaire’s demands.

#FourthEstate #journalism #media #FreePress #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #ViewPointDiscrimination #Trump #law #USpol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-wapo-editor-marty-baron-sad-and-disgusted-at-bezos-opinions-overhaul/

Legendary #WashingtonPost Editor, #MartyBaron, Slams #Bezos for ‘Betraying’ Paper with #MAGA Makeover

Fmr WaPo executive editor Marty Baron condemned #JeffBezos’ revamp of the paper’s #opinions section in a statement to the Daily Beast, saying he was “sad & disgusted” by the #billionaire’s demands.

#FourthEstate #journalism #media #FreePress #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #ViewPointDiscrimination #Trump #law #USpol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-wapo-editor-marty-baron-sad-and-disgusted-at-bezos-opinions-overhaul/

“I will always be thankful for the opportunity I was given to work alongside a team of opinion #journalists whose commitment to strong, innovative, reported commentary inspired me every day,” #DavidShipley wrote.

#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #UnitedStates #press #journalism #billionaires #plutocracy #broligarchy #ViewPointDiscrimination #propaganda #censorship #FreePress #democracy #DemocracyDiesInDarkness

“I will always be thankful for the opportunity I was given to work alongside a team of opinion #journalists whose commitment to strong, innovative, reported commentary inspired me every day,” #DavidShipley wrote.

#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #UnitedStates #press #journalism #billionaires #plutocracy #broligarchy #ViewPointDiscrimination #propaganda #censorship #FreePress #democracy #DemocracyDiesInDarkness

Leavitt did not provide specific details of how the plan might work, but it would allow #Trump and his aides to handpick which #reporters & #media personalities were granted the ability to ask him questions & observe his behavior.

#transparency #ViewpointDiscrimination #censorship #propaganda #Trumpaganda #law #FreePress #journalism #news #democracy