Attack on the Free Press: How does the First Amendment protect the press from Trump? (with Kristy Parker)

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Renato and Patti discuss Trump recent call for a boycott of AT&T due to CNN’s coverage, Trump’s attempt to prevent the AT&T-Time Warner merger to punish CNN, and other ways in which Trump has attacked the free press and undermined the First Amendment. They are joined by Kristy Parker, former Justice Department Deputy Chief and Counsel for non-profit Protect Democracy, who has sued Trump on behalf of writers and journalists.

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0:00.0	M-S-S-W media.
0:09.0	This week Donald Trump called for a boycott of AT&T because he disagrees with the coverage he receives
0:17.0	from the CNN News Network, which is owned by AT&T.
0:22.0	We also learned that Trump told his aides to block the merger of
0:26.7	AT&T and Time Warner which owned CNN due to CNN's coverage?
0:34.0	This was just the latest attack by Trump against the free press.
0:38.8	What legal protections do we have against Trump's attacks on freedom of speech and the free press?
0:45.4	How can we preserve the First Amendment when the President is attacking the press and
0:49.7	calling for courts to weaken First Amendment protections, let's get on topic. Welcome to On topic, a weekly in-depth look at a topic that helps us understand the week's news.
1:15.1	My name is Renato Mariati.
1:17.6	I'm a former federal prosecutor,
1:19.8	a practicing lawyer, and a CNN legal analyst.
1:23.6	And I'm joined by my friend Patty Vasquez,
1:26.2	a WGM radio host who joins us regularly on this podcast.
1:31.9	So Maddie, I have to say I was both surprised and not surprised when
1:36.4	Trump was attacking AT&T this week. I guess I would just say disheartened
1:40.6	because the attack by the tax by him on the First Amendment
1:44.3	and and and first amendment values just seem to be non-stop. You know my issue has
1:50.8	always been from the very beginning when President Trump announced his candidacy
1:55.1	is the way people fall online or follow his lead and jump on these words and believe it.
2:00.5	And not only believe it because the day he announced you know I said take this man
2:05.1	seriously he may very well be the next president United States and even saying
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