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27 Mar 2026
Freedom of the press is important because it acts as a disinfectant against corruption.

Well, the press is extremely important, which is why government, this government or prior government, they don't like the press, right? Nobody likes getting in trouble because the press does when it operates at its best and when you have the people that are able to make a living being journalists and you're not firing everybody who's a good investigative reporter, then that should be, it's one of the reasons why the country was founded in that way, why freedom of the press is so important, is because it's the only disinfectant. It's the only way.

02 Sep 2019
The White House Press Corps will be banned from press conferences if they make snide comments about the White House.

And that's why they've told the White House Press Corps, they even told you in Politico this, if you don't totally toe the line, if you ever make one snide comment about the White House, you will never be in the press conference. You will never be given the press release.