The First Amendment is a deeply cherished right, but in the last week alone, secret DOJ subpoenas came to light that have targeted reporters at The Washington Post and
The Wall Street Journal while “simultaneously, Trump himself has threatened fresh lawsuits against ABC for its coverage of the Reflecting Pool fiasco,” Fortune reports. And the president is pursuing a $15 billion defamation lawsuit. But
the media are pushing back. “Finally recognizing the mutual existential threat, The Washington Post,
the Chicago Tribune, ABC, CBS, and the American Newspaper Publishers Association joined forces to
formally back the Times,” Fortune continues.