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Report: Trump says what he calls “fake news” outlets should “be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information.”

The maximum penalty for treason in the US is death.

"Trump’s latest attack on the US media came after his Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, threatened Saturday to pull the broadcasting licenses of media outlets he accused of running hoaxes & news distortions.” 

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-treason-charges-media

#USPol #EUPol #USMedia #IranWar #Fascism .

Trump Floats 'Charges for Treason' Against Media Outlets Over Iran War Coverage | Common Dreams

US Sen. Ed Markey warned that the Trump administration is engaged in a "blatant attempt to muzzle the free press."

Common Dreams
Mar 19 at 2:41amWeb
Show threadThomas WhittonMar 19
@DrALJONES "Seditiuos libel" worked before. https://independentaustralia.net/australia/australia-display/rupert-murdoch-in-black-and-white,4492
Rupert Murdoch in Black and White

It was the premier of South Australia, Tom Playford IV, who unlocked Rupert Murdoch from his father and, to a lesser degree, from his mother and his sisters, writes Rodney E. Lever.

Independent Australia
Show threadDrALJONESMar 19

@thomaswhitton

Many times...