"To say press freedoms in the U.S. have taken a knock during the first year of Donald Trump's second term would be a gross understatement. Perhaps the most glaring example is the Department of Defense's new policy requiring journalists covering the Pentagon to sign a pledge promising not to use any information that hasn't been explicitly authorized. But the Trump administration's attacks on a free press have also included other tactics, like the effort to dismantle Freedom of Information Act processes across federal departments."
""To be clear, all presidents and all elected officials have always objected to their coverage," David Loy, legal director with the First Amendment Coalition, a nonpartisan nonprofit that seeks to promote and protect press freedoms, told Truthout. "But the Trump administration has mounted unprecedented attacks on freedom of the press." These attacks on press freedoms don't stop at the federal level, however; they are also being inflicted by local governments seeking to undermine already-embattled local media."
Press freedoms in the U.S. have been eroded in multiple ways during the first year of Donald Trump's second term. The Department of Defense adopted a policy requiring journalists covering the Pentagon to sign a pledge not to use any information that has not been explicitly authorized. The administration pursued efforts to dismantle Freedom of Information Act processes across federal departments. Right-wing influence and billionaire control contributed to capture of legacy media institutions and social media platforms. Local governments sought to undermine local media, exemplified by a Shasta County registrar excluding a publication from a press release distribution list. Courts have remained a vital bulwark against these attacks.
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