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When Obama’s Justice Department tried to pressure reporters to reveal sources or obtain their records, including our colleagues at the @nytimes, we fought it vigorously. We believed those actions were outrageous and chilling to First Amendment coverage. (1)
@nytimes Those were disputes over the publication of classified information. In today’s case, the president is seeking “retribution” because an actor made fun of him, not because national security was jeopardized. (2)
And no previous president I can remember vilified the press across the board using Soviet phraseology like “enemies of the people” or incited crowds into shouting at reporters standing in the back, to the point that one was physically attacked just the other day. (3)
Just because other presidents have at times been wrong in their treatment of the press doesn’t mean this is therefore normal and acceptable. (4)
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