Levka on Nostr: #NYT #Trump "Unlike the frivolous complaints against CBS (for editing a transcript of ...
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"Unlike the frivolous complaints against CBS (for editing a transcript of Kamala Harris’ 60 Minutes interview less extensively than Fox edited the transcript of Trump’s women’s town hall) or WaPo (for reporting positively on Harris), Trump does not appear to have followed up on his threat to sue the NYT. Those other lawsuits, I suspect, were part of an effort to claim the election was unfair, in the same way Trump has wailed that he lost the 2020 election because voters were not permitted to look at Hunter Biden’s dick pics before the election.
But the letter to NYT appears, so far, to be no more than a warning shot: that he will come after them if they do accurate reporting describing that Trump is not the guy he sold himself as.
That’s telling, though. Trump has telegraphed that he believes accurate reporting debunking his con is dangerous enough he would be willing to take on the NYT about it.
Crazy, I know. But what if simply reporting the truth about Trump’s con is what he most fears? And that is where he’ll focus his authoritarian gaze first."
https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/11/17/trumps-blacklist-his-fascism-legal-fuck-ups-and-business-failures/
"Unlike the frivolous complaints against CBS (for editing a transcript of Kamala Harris’ 60 Minutes interview less extensively than Fox edited the transcript of Trump’s women’s town hall) or WaPo (for reporting positively on Harris), Trump does not appear to have followed up on his threat to sue the NYT. Those other lawsuits, I suspect, were part of an effort to claim the election was unfair, in the same way Trump has wailed that he lost the 2020 election because voters were not permitted to look at Hunter Biden’s dick pics before the election.
But the letter to NYT appears, so far, to be no more than a warning shot: that he will come after them if they do accurate reporting describing that Trump is not the guy he sold himself as.
That’s telling, though. Trump has telegraphed that he believes accurate reporting debunking his con is dangerous enough he would be willing to take on the NYT about it.
Crazy, I know. But what if simply reporting the truth about Trump’s con is what he most fears? And that is where he’ll focus his authoritarian gaze first."
https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/11/17/trumps-blacklist-his-fascism-legal-fuck-ups-and-business-failures/