3 hours agoTrump for media closure: When 97 percent of stories about a person are bad, freedom is no longer available
Periskopi(9 months ago)
(9 months ago)Donald Trump has stated that journalists are violating the law with negative reports writing about the American administration. “Takes a great story and makes it bad. See, I think this is really illegal”, the American president said to reporters at the Oval Office. He did not mention any concrete law that he feels [...]
“Takes a great story and makes it bad. See, I think this is really illegal”, the American president said to reporters at the Oval Office.
He did not mention any concrete law that he thinks has been violated, “when 97 percent of stories about a person are negative, that is no longer freedom of the word”.
The US leader's recent statement came after earlier comments, where he said some television networks should be “ybborn” their licenses.
Trump: “Wen 97% of the stories are bad about a person that's no young free drink. ” Pic.twitter. com/ q Hbuk FVtVz
) Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) Seember 19, 2025
Trump and Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Commission for Communication, have increased pressure on broadcasters since ABC suspended the comedian, Jimmy Kimmel for comments about the murder of conservative Charlie Kirk.
The leader of the democratic minority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, demanded Carr's resignation. Even the prominent republican, Senator Ted Cruz, reacted by calling the Carr action the dangerous “ ”.
Trump, from the Oval Office, appeared in defense of Carri, calling it extraordinary “” and “a large American”.
I think Carr is a brave person. He does not like to see that media space is used illegally and incorrectly”, he added.
Brendan Carr should emmediately, or Trump should fire him. Pic.twitter. com/bow6H1 Zs FY
) Chuck Schumer (@ SenSummer) Seember 18, 2025
