What will likely come of this is an appeal all the way to SCOTUS .
The question will be whether the 1st amendment for journalists allows the alteration or omission of nugatory facts, obfuscation of context,or the bare promotion of propagandaic ideology over reporting the truth.
IN times previous we did not have the ability to track such lies, fabrication of facts, but now with the internet, we can track the lies in real time as they are made.And so they can be interdicted by a by a Temporary retraining court order fairly quickly.
Secondly SCOTUS needs to change the laws on defamation for elected officials, reducing the public figure exemption of liability, much as they do in the UK.
Also there i s a question of whether inclusion in a press corps of the White House can be closed to those who continuously lie about the issues they report, or closed to those who fail or refuse to abide by the etiquette protocols of the White House press corps.
I do not believe the 1st amendment for journalists should be open ended. They should not be allowed to yell “fire” in our theater of reporting, when there in fact is no fire.
And when they do that, they need t9o be held accountable.JUst like NBC is being held to account for editing/substituting in the Kamala HArris interview.
The AP can stand on the Pennnsylvania Avenue sidewalk and report what ever it wants. That is free speech.
The AP, however, can’t enter the White House. That is a presidential order
The First Amendment states the government is not allowed to censor the press. But it does not say anything about granting the press free access. President Trump is not shutting down AP. He is just not allowing them access to the White House press room. If the First Amendment stated that everyone must grant free access of the media; hell, we could have shut down the Mafia and every criminal organization long ago. Right?
The First Amendment prohibits the censoring of the press, but the way I see it, no one is shutting AP down. Am I too niave? This thought I have - has it been argued before?
I don’t see how AP has actually suffered any damage - except to its ego. They have access to all the news. They just don’t have their front row seat or get to fly on Air Force 1.
The president should be able to control his own press conferences, call on whomever he wants and fly with whomever he wants. As we used to say, who died and made them king.