Summary
Donald Trump has sued pollster J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register over a pre-election poll showing Kamala Harris leading in Iowa by three points, claiming it created a “false narrative of inevitability.”
Trump, who won the state by 13 points, alleges election interference but provides no evidence of wrongdoing.
Legal experts expect the case to fail, citing First Amendment protections. Critics argue the lawsuit is intended to burden media outlets financially.
Selzer has retired, and Gannett, the newspaper’s parent company, has defended the poll’s methodology as sound.
This lawsuit is strong arming for sure but you have a valid point.
As much as everything that Trump does sucks, if he ends up putting stricter regulations on news media against reporting unfounded claims, it’s going to be good in the long term. I can’t wait for the day that Fox News finds itself needing to report facts.
The balancing act will be accurate reporting vs the fear of reporting anything negative against a public figure. The latter will be a death blow to democracy.
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A face palm. How is it bad to tell media to report facts and not spread misinformation like they did to support Trump during his initial election? There were people literally asking the government to do something to stop the spread of misinformation (it was people on the left asking for that).
Who determines what is “true”? And keep in mind Trump will be assuming office shortly.