KILL THE BILL 2
" REPUBLICANS MUST KILL THIS BILL! " , Trump said on his social media platform, responding to Jodie Ginsberg , CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)... Journalists and press freedom advocates responded to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's attack on a proposed federal shield law with renewed calls for the Senate to pass the House-approved bill. The bipartisan Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act , which passed the House in January, would bar the federal government from forcing journalists and telecommunications companies to disclose certain information, to protect sources and reporting materials, with exceptions for threats of terrorism or imminent violence. Given Trump's long-standing hostility toward the press—which he has called " the enemy of the people "—there were fresh demands for Senate action. Noting that "Democratic administrations abused their powers to spy on journalists many...