New York Times Free Speech and Freedom of the Press Fail To Protect Them From Donald Trump

Despite the Constitutional Right to Free Speech and the Right of the Free Press to publish whatever they want, Donald Trump on Friday filed suit against a slew of mainstream media outlets including the New York Times, CBS, and others he has accused of “defaming and disparaging” him during coverage of the election and seeks to collect billions of dollars in damages. The Guardian reported that the Times was central to the lawsuit given previous cease-and-desist letters sent by attorneys for President Trump which accused the paper of being “a full-throated mouthpiece of the Democratic party” that wages “industrial-scale libel against political opponents.” The Times, lawyers add in the 19-page filing, had “every intention of defaming and disparaging the world-renowned Trump brand that consumers have long associated with excellence, luxury, and success in entertainment, hospitality, and real estate, among many other industries, as well as falsely and maliciously defaming and disparaging him as a candidate for the highest office in the United States.”

Q. WHAT ABOUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS OF SPEECH AND THE PRESS?    A. They only protect you from the government. The New York Times is a commercial operation. It is allegedly not part of the government although it parrots the Democratic Party Line. They do not have the Right to Speak Freely or the Right to Free Speech.

Here are the types of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment…….

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