Trump’s Ban Is Backfiring
THE FOUNDATION OF DEMOCRACY IS BUILT ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS! Trump’s Ban Is Backfiring As the media unites against him Dan Rather and Team Steady Sep 21 Credit: Getty Images Journalism has survived dictators, despots, and others who have tried to control the Fourth Estate. It will survive Donald Trump too. He can expel reporters from the White House, but the reporting won’t stop. By this point, we all know facts are not this president’s friend. He can lash out, but by every indication a majority of the American people have long since caught on to his act, mostly because of rigorous journalism. The press isn’t looking for a red carpet, but it has a legal right to report from inside the People’s House, whether this president likes it or not. Lately, he’s been hearing about stories from sources he can’t control (i.e., not Fox). When the truth stings, this...