Soon after President Donald Trump’s re-election last November, press freedom experts began warning, both privately and publicly, that his second administration would be bad for the First Amendment.
But nearly 100 days into Trump’s term, they say the situation has deteriorated to a far greater extent than they had feared.
The assault “marks a new chapter in the story of press freedom in the United States,” said Seth Stern, advocacy director at the Freedom of the Press Foundation. “It’s worse than most of us expected, and our expectations were not high.”
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