Amanpour & Co. host Christiane Amanpour talked to former Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron about Trump’s “massive chilling effect” on the press on Wednesday, and added another metaphor to describe the media supposedly bowing down to Trump’s threats (since when!).
Christiane Amanpour: ….in the United States, the press is facing legal assault from the incoming president, Donald Trump. He’s suing the Des Moines Register newspaper over its covering polling which showed Kamala Harris ahead in Iowa days before the election.
She asked Baron how “the next administration can come after” the press:
Amanpour: And ABC News has agreed to a $15 million settlement to Trump over a defamation case he brought against him. This is happening in America, which has constitutional protections for press freedom. Other democracies that are around the world…
