White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)
White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)
White House press secretary Sean Spicer confirmed Monday that the Trump administration is actively—and in his words “substantively”—reviewing the nation’s libel laws as it explores ways it could more easily sidestep First Amendment protections and target press coverage or news stories it deems objectionable.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks to reporters on Air Force One en route to Andrews Air Force Base, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, from Philadelphia. (AP /Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Update:
New York Times, CNN, Los Angeles Times, and Politico all reportedly barred from afternoon press briefing.
We turn now to look at President Trump, the media and what the new administration calls “alternative facts.” On Saturday, in his first full day in office, Trump visited CIA headquarters. Speaking in front of the CIA Memorial Wall, he told the agency he had a running war with the media.
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Following the launch of Positive News as a magazine, we round up some of the coverage that our new print format has received across the rest of the pressThe post Positive News in the media appeared first on Positive News.
David White (April 4, 1916 – November 27, 1990), the man who gave life to Larry Tate.
I explained Ted Baxter; meet Larry Tate. Wikipedia describes him as Darrin Stephens’ “profit-obsessed boss . . . [whose] opinions turn on a dime to appease a client in an attempt to land a deal.” Sound familiar?
And did someone say Kurds? This will clear up who they exactly are.
... the 2015 report states that Britain’s freedom of the press has declined yet further, straddled by now by Uruguay and Slovakia and now just 6 points from being classed as ‘partly free’ alongside Kazakhstan.
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As our crowdfunded community share offer enters its final week, we take a look at some of the coverage the Positive News #OwnTheMedia campaign has received across the rest of the press
