I don’t know if this is right or wrong. We do not now have a free press (although many go along willingly), nor do we have a responsible press - not by a long shot.
The public school system and big media shoulder 90% of why we’re in the situation we find ourselves. There is no denying that.
Mr. Trump is correct in principle, there should be consequences for deliberate lying and misrepresenting the facts.
Trump would be a defendant in about 10 times the cases as he would be the plaintiff if Trump had his way on this.