Donald Trump as president 'would be a threat to press freedom'
The article first looks at how the Trump campaign has insulted journalists and even singles some out and abused them. Recently he's also been very public about how he thinks the media is helping 'crooked Hillary' win/ rig the election. The article by Roy Greenslade also makes the presumption that if Trump got into power then the press across the US could be restricted and that could have a domino effect and that other countries outside the US would start to limit the power that the press have.
In my opinion I think that the idea of the new leader of the 'free world' restricting press seems blown out of proportion. I don't think news/press coverage could be restricted so that it goes against a leaders values (in a democracy) but in the case of Donald trump it does seem plausible.
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