Senator Flake’s Floor Speech on Press Freedom

January 18, 2018 By Tom Sadler Leave a Comment

I don’t agree with Jeff Flake on much but he sure got this right.

The free press is the despot’s enemy, which makes the free press the guardian of democracy. When a figure in power reflexively calls any press that doesn’t suit him “fake news,” it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press.”

Source: ‘Our democracy will not last’: Jeff Flake’s speech comparing Trump to Stalin, annotated – The Washington Post

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