LOL.
Fred Ryan, the publisher of the Washington Post, called out the Biden administration and AG Merrick Garland over new revelations that the Department of Justice “continued to pursue subpoenas for reporters’ email logs issued to Google, which operates the New York Times’ email systems, and it obtained a gag order compelling a Times attorney to keep silent about the fact that federal authorities were seeking to seize his colleagues’ records”:
Fred Ryan, publisher of The @washingtonpost, writes in @PostOpinions : Something appears to be ‘simply, simply wrong’ at the Biden Justice Department.https://t.co/XXKyT3AFvf
— Washington Post PR (@WashPostPR) June 6, 2021
You. Don’t. Say:
“New revelations suggest that the Biden Justice Department not only allowed these disturbing intrusions to continue — it intensified the government‘s attack on First Amendment rights before finally backing down in the face of reporting about its conduct.” https://t.co/8OfKC0eF84
— A Edgecliffe-Johnson (@Edgecliffe) June 6, 2021
From the Post:
Unfortunately, new revelations suggest that the Biden Justice Department not only allowed these disturbing intrusions to continue — it intensified the government‘s attack on First Amendment rights before finally backing down in the face of reporting about its conduct.
After Biden took office, the department continued to pursue subpoenas for reporters’ email logs issued to Google, which operates the New York Times’ email systems, and it obtained a gag order compelling a Times attorney to keep silent about the fact that federal authorities were seeking to seize his colleagues’ records. Later, when the Justice Department broadened the number of those permitted to know about the effort, it barred Times executives from discussing the legal battle with the Times newsroom, including the paper’s top editor.
And “This escalation, on Biden’s watch, represents an unprecedented assault on American news organizations and their efforts to inform the public about government wrongdoing”:
WaPo publisher Fred Ryan: "This escalation, on Biden’s watch, represents an unprecedented assault on American news organizations and their efforts to inform the public about government wrongdoing." https://t.co/hXuvR8SoiN
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 6, 2021
Well, during the Trump years, the answer to this question usually had something to do with Hitler but we doubt journos will react the same way with Biden:
What on earth is the justification for using gag orders to prevent a major news corporation from disclosing that it's under investigation? https://t.co/QgaR7uiOSf
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) June 6, 2021
Oh, well. At least we know what ice cream the president eats:
Every word of this. Instead of tough questions about whether he actually met with Hunter's associates, we get "chocolate chocolate chip." https://t.co/SbkKwJe9tZ
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) June 1, 2021
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