Legacy media versus free speech

Published August 13, 2024 2:45pm ET



During the White House press briefing Monday, Washington Post journalist Cleve Wootson Jr. revealed the Left’s real motivation: A seething hatred of the First Amendment to the Constitution. Wootson, who bears as much resemblance to a real journalist as I do the king of England, implored the White House to censor what he called “misinformation” regarding Monday night’s online conversation between former President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk. 

“What role does the White House or the president have in sort of stopping that or stopping the spread of that or sort of intervening in that?” Wootson asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “Some of that was about campaign misinformation, but, you know, it’s a wider thing, right?”

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