President Donald Trump tweeted another attack against The New York Times and called for libel laws to be changed.
Trump cited a John Crudele opinion piece that the New York Post published earlier this week that argued the Times’ “ongoing dishonesty” helps the president. The president tweeted the same story two days ago in a different attack on the Times.
This is the first time Trump has suggested a change to libel laws since entering the White House.
He said during the campaign that if elected, he would “open up our libel laws, so when [newspapers] write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money.” Trump has no power to “open up” libel laws, which are regulated at the state level, not the federal level.
Trump regularly criticized the press during his campaign, and has continued to do so as president. In a February press conference, Trump attacked the “out of control” media, following up that argument by tweeting that news organizations are “the enemy of the American People.”
Many people condemned Trump’s attacks on the press, including former President George W. Bush, who argued the media is “indispensable to democracy.”
“It’s kind of hard to tell others to have an independent free press if we’re not willing to have one ourselves,” Bush said.
type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related... + articlesList=58b3cd7ce4b0a8a9b783aff8,57a227d4e4b04414d1f2f6cb,588cd44ce4b017637794993d
-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
from The Huffington Post | The Full Feed http://ift.tt/2njUPuB
via IFTTT
EmoticonEmoticon