While he has just brought down ABC News, accused of defamation, the president-elect launched proceedings against a daily and a pollster who had found him the loser in Iowa. During his campaign, Donald Trump further intensified threats against media that were hostile to him. Seth Stern, advocacy director for the NGO Freedom of the Press Foundation, former journalist and media law lawyer, deciphers the fears for press freedom in the United States at the start of this new mandate.
RFI: ABC News has just agreed to an agreement to close the defamation lawsuit filed by the president-elect of the United States and will pay $15 million in damages to Donald Trump. The billionaire had filed a complaint against the channel and its presenter George Stephanopoulos, who declared that the billionaire had been recognized “ responsible for rape » in 2023 when he was in fact convicted of sexual assault. How do you see this new announcement? ?
Donald Trump has also filed a defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize board of directors, and is threatening to launch others. Should we fear the multiplication of this type of trial?
In fact, if Donald Trump increases the number of legal proceedings against the media, he rarely wins his case…
With this new mandate, should we fear for press freedom in the United States?
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