The full truth hasn't yet been told about the network's position on the sexual assault investigative report, a producer says. https://t.co/0IWPukTD1O # via @HuffPost
The watchdog function the framers envisioned isn’t working because Congress has abdicated its responsibility and we have a citizenry that seems not to care. We have to flip Congress to show that democracy still works
@brianstelter Thomas Jefferson knew that democracy needed a free press to be a check on government. He said that if he had to choose between government and newspapers, he would choose the latter. He knew the press was not then and never would be the enemy of the people.
"The response has been overwhelming," @marjoriepritch told me. "We have some big newspapers, but the majority are from smaller markets, all enthusiastic about standing up to Trump's assault on journalism." https://t.co/OAGkQqtzTp
@carlbernstein Of course it's worse than Watergate. A constitutional crisis exists because, in this case, the Legislative branch refuses to act as a check upon the Executive, condoning basically a dictatorship.