Press freedom
- Last updated: July 27, 2025 | 14:59
Press freedom is important, but so is press inclusion. Being able to tell the story to others is difficult if you can’t hear the story. President Trump has banned the Wall Street Journal from his Scotland trip press pool, not because his real golf scores might be released, but because of what they have said about the Epstein report.
One of the problems in life is that if people want something to stay hidden, lots of other people will want to find out their secret, many that probably couldn’t care otherwise. There will often be people who are happy to sell out others for a reasonable price.
There is another worry, in that if the Wall Street Journal can’t report freely they might go broke and thus Trump’s lawsuit against them for $10bn would be pointless. Fight to protect press freedom, or it might just be the first of the freedoms you will lose.
Dennis Fitzgerald, Melbourne, Australia