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It’s Not An Idle Threat When It’s The President

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October 11, 2017 2:08 p.m.
A couple of quick points about President Trump's Nixonesque threat to NBC's "license" today: Complaints about fake news and rhetorical attacks on journalists may be contemptible, but in this morning's threat Trump is introducing direct government retaliation against broadcasters into the...
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