David Folkenflik
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217 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
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There was a 1977 ruling involving Robert Sherrill, a reporter for The Nation magazine, where there have been instances in the 60s and 70s where his pass had been stripped.
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People had been upset with his coverage.
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And Cheryl fought it in court and he prevailed.
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And it was the idea of this viewpoint discrimination.
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It established the idea that it is, in a sense, a privilege, not a right to get in.
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But you can't just be thrown out because they don't like you, because that that is a violation of First Amendment rights.
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And then you saw, you know, this case really being waged in Trump won.
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Jim Acosta, 2018, then CNN's White House correspondent, had his permanent past stripped.
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The president didn't like what he was asking.
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Press conferences said he didn't like CNN's coverage and they went to court and they prevailed.
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And this is clearly the template for this lawsuit.
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According to Ted Boutros, the attorney I mentioned when I texted back and forth with him about this and it became clear he would be filing a suit on behalf of CNN, MSNOW and Politico.
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So is it unheard of?
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No.
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No.
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The new thing is the idea that the president is sort of taking on the press through his administration, through his own acts as a private citizen and in court filing lawsuits against the press and against individual outlets in so many ways to punish those who do things he doesn't like and clearly to send a signal to others.
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The president is a private citizen, has sued a number of the nation's largest and most important news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, which is owned by his ally, Rupert Murdoch, right?
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His pick as the top
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broadcast regulator in the country has initiated investigations of every single major broadcast network in the country, including NPR, not including Fox, also earned by Murdoch.
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And you've seen nonetheless aggressive coverage from
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