Mediaboss Marketing

'); //-->

Donald Trumps adviser, Kellyanne Conway, has continued her attacks on the First Amendment, warning of consequences for Trump criticism. Asked repeatedly why Trump was sheltering Russia in his obeisance to Valdimir Putin, she said, Dont say that again. Former aide (and possible White House aide) Corey Lewandowski wants to jail the New York Times reporter who broke the story on Trumps taxes.

The First Amendment, so long as we fight to protect it, doesnt work that way. We get to tell you what we think out loud. We gave ourselves permission 200 years ago to say No! and we are not giving it up without a struggle.

Thomas Jefferson famously preferred newspapers without government over government without newspapers. We should too. And we should certainly not prefer a single individual over the network of news we have established since Thomas Jefferson said that.

Building distrust, encouraging hate and divisiveness appears to be a long-term strategy of this new administration. It seems to me a sinister, undemocratic one, destined for much less than democracy and much more of the oligarchy progressives talk about and planned to reduce the influence of the people on our own government. Continually berating journalists, refusing to appear in person, threatening the media with strong libel laws and by passing the media to tweet directly to the public: These are all four ways demagogues grab freedom from our hands.

We must speak up against these insults to the Constitution and work to end them.

Harris Lindenfeld

Manlius

See the article here:
Trump aides attacking First Amendment - WatertownDailyTimes.com