It might seem like a small matter, just a disagreement over whether a body of water should be called one name or another.
But it’s really about much bigger things: Trump-style intimidation, a clear violation of the first amendment – and the extent to which news organizations will stick together in each other’s defense, or will comply with the powerful for the sake of their own access.
Even more broadly, it is about Donald Trump’s wide-ranging effort to control the media and be able to spread propaganda and interfere with the flow of accurate information.
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He’s a narcissistic megalomaniac; he would like to control the entire world.
And until someone stands up and physically stops him and his crew he will do his best to do just that.
Which is ironic because he’s Putin’s bitchboy.