{"id":39727,"date":"2018-11-13T10:07:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T18:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39727"},"modified":"2018-11-13T10:25:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T18:25:22","slug":"cnn-files-lawsuit-against-trump-co-for-violation-of-the-first-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39727","title":{"rendered":"CNN Files Lawsuit Against Trump & Co. for Violation of the First Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week Donald Trump’s administration was especially hostile to the press that they despise so fiercely. Trump addressed a post-election press conference and proceeded to insult several (mostly African-American women) journalists. As News Corpse noted at the time<\/a><\/strong>: “It was a disgraceful display of infantile tantrum throwing by our crybaby president who is too weak to face a group of reporters without breaking down into insults and bullying.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Donald
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Shortly after that press conference, the White House announced that they were suspending the credentials of CNN’s White House correspondent Jim Acosta. They fabricated a story alleging that he “placed his hands”<\/em> on an intern as she tried to grab the microphone away from him. However, the video of the event proved unambiguously that the White House was lying, as usual. But that didn’t stop them from distributing a “doctored”<\/em> version of the video that they got from the disreputable conspiracy crackpots at Infowars.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday morning CNN announced that they are suing Trump<\/a><\/strong> and his band of totalitarian oppressors of free speech. The suit explicitly cites the constitutional breach of the First Amendment’s rights to freedom of the press and Fifth Amendment rights to due process. CNN’s statement reads:<\/p>\n

“CNN filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration this morning in DC District Court. It demands the return of the White House credentials of CNN\u2019s Chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta. The wrongful revocation of these credentials violates CNN and Acosta\u2019s First Amendment rights of freedom of the press, and their Fifth Amendment rights to due process. We have asked this court for an immediate restraining order requiring the pass be returned to Jim, and will seek permanent relief as part of this process. While the suit is specific to CNN and Acosta, this could have happened to anyone. If left unchallenged, the actions of the White House would create a dangerous chilling effect for any journalist who covers our elected officials.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The lawsuit<\/a><\/strong> names several members of the administration who are complicit in the violation. They include Trump, his chief of staff John Kelly, his deputy chief of staff for communications (and former Fox News president) Bill Shine, and his press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. It’s a confederacy of Republican Nationalists bent on subverting democracy and squelching free speech.<\/p>\n

It would be surprising if this suit made it to court. Crybaby Trump will likely chicken out and restore Acosta’s credentials before that happens. But the damage is already done as this unlawful White House demonstrates that they couldn’t care less about America’s constitutional principles.<\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fortunately, the next Congress plans to do something about that. Rep. Adam Schiff, the incoming chair of the House Intelligence Committee, has told reporters that he intends to hold hearings<\/a><\/strong> on Trump’s reckless assaults on the press which go way beyond mere name calling as “fake news”<\/em> and “the enemy of the people.”<\/em> It includes his use of the Justice Department to punish media organizations he doesn’t like. And because elections have consequences, he isn’t going to get away with it for much longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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