Article on CNN by Hadas Gold, 11/8/24

Headline:  ”  ‘Death by a thousand cuts’: How experts warn Trump could use an authoritarian playbook to go after the media”

“President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to go after much of the media in his second term, threatening to jail journalists, revoke broadcast licenses and target outlets with a flurry of lawsuits. It’s a playbook he’s threatened to use before.

“During his first term in the White House, Trump regularly tangled with journalists, assailed the press as the “enemy of the people,” and banned reporters from official briefings. In recent months on the campaign trail, Trump employed dark and violent rhetoric to attack the media — telling a crowd this week that he wouldn’t mind if journalists got shot — and sparking fears he will attempt to weaponize the government against the free press.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/08/media/trump-authoritarian-press-media-attacks/index.html