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Richard Tofel, ProPublica

Donald Trump and the return of seditious libel in the US

Trump is more hostile to the legal and constitutional rights of the press than any major presidential candidate of the last two centuries.

Richard Tofel, ProPublica
· Sep 30, 2016 · 08:30 pm
The time The Wall Street Journal stared down the largest US advertiser

A little-remembered incident from 1954 helped establish the notion that news organisations could and should preserve their independence from advertisers.

Richard Tofel, ProPublica
· May 03, 2015 · 01:30 pm