Trump continues to pound ‘failing’ NY Times as he renews warning about a change to libel laws because the paper ‘has disgraced the media world’
President continued his Twitted attacks on The New York Times on Thursday
Trump renewed a campaign promise to change libel laws in a way that would make it easier to sue unfriendly news outlets
‘The failing @nytimes has disgraced the media world. Gotten me wrong for two solid years. Change libel laws?’ the president tweeted
Trump first raised the idea during a February 2016 campaign rally, drawing cheers by pledging to ‘sue them and win money’
Most libel laws are written and enforced at the state level, however
By David Martosko, US Political Editor
DailyMail.com
30 March 2017
Donald Trump suggested Thursday that changing America’s libel laws could help him fight back against reporting from The New York Times that he considers inaccurate and unfairly damaging.
‘The failing @nytimes has disgraced the media world. Gotten me wrong for two solid years. Change libel laws?’ the president tweeted.
His tweet included a link to a New York Post column that blasted the Times’ ‘ongoing dishonesty.’
Trump first raised the idea of libel law reform during a February 2016 campaign rally in Fort Worth, Texas, warning the Times and The Washington Post that ‘we’re going to open up those libel laws, folks, and we’re going to have people sue you like you never got sued before.’
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