Alex Wagner
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It's meant to send a chill down the spine of any journalist to like the FCC chair coming out and threatening to revoke broadcasting licenses if the coverage of the Iran war is not deemed satisfactory by this administration.
Are you at all surprised by how far Trump is taking it?
Like where the free speech absolute is now.
Because it was never about free speech.
I thought it was a great piece, actually.
Well, the essential notion of a presidency is you want to be aware of all sides of a debate, even if you don't agree with it.
And that notion of a team of rivals extends to every part of the democracy, right?
We're a two-party democracy.
We're going to be a push and pull.
It's never going to be perfect, but it's not about annihilating one side and declaring victory.
You've had just this extraordinary year, and it's only March.
It probably will for all of us.