"He has banned the well-respected Associated Press from certain events simply over his pettiness about the name of the Gulf of Mexico. He has sued (and threatened to sue) media organizations such as CBS, The New York Times and the BBC. His administration has kicked reporters out of the Pentagon for refusing to report on anything except the force-fed propaganda of the Defense Department. His administration has defunded public media and tried to gut the Voice of America."
"Trump, himself, has consistently and constantly insulted individual reporters and the media as a whole whenever he sees coverage he doesn't like. That's just a portion of Trump's battle with the press. He and his administration have done so much damage that Poynter started something called the Freedom Press Watch just to track all the ways in which Trump has carried out his assault on one of the pillars of our democracy. Trump's conduct appears to be following the blueprint of Project 2025."
Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's second term. He has banned the Associated Press from certain events over a dispute about the Gulf of Mexico name. He has sued and threatened to sue media organizations including CBS, The New York Times and the BBC. His administration removed reporters from Pentagon briefings for refusing to relay only Defense Department messaging. His administration has defunded public media and attempted to gut the Voice of America. Appointees attempted to silence late-night talk show hosts for jokes, and Trump routinely insults reporters and media outlets for unfavorable coverage. Freedom Press Watch was created to track these actions, which appear aligned with Project 2025 media proposals, while an intense news cycle has kept daily Trump actions at the center of public attention.
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