Brit Hume, a Fox News chief political analyst, criticized President Trump's ban on the Associated Press during White House events, deeming it an unconstitutional assault on press freedom. Following Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, the AP refused to comply, prompting retaliation from Trump. This action sparked significant backlash, including a statement from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, asserting that punishing journalists for not adhering to government mandates is viewpoint discrimination. Hume echoed these sentiments, citing the critical role of a free press in holding the government accountable.
Punishing journalists for not adopting state-mandated terminology is an alarming attack on press freedom. That's viewpoint discrimination, and it's unconstitutional.
The role of our free press is to hold those in power accountable, not to act as their mouthpiece.
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