The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Media Matters over critical coverage. It\u2019s just one example of the administration\u2019s approach<\/p>\n
The Trump administration is embracing an intimidation strategy to silence critical media coverage. Here\u2019s how it works: a federal agency launches a pretextual investigation into a perceived enemy, keeps the investigation open to coerce compliance, and resists any effort to have a court review the lawfulness of the agency\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no better example than the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s retaliatory investigation of Media Matters for America for its critical coverage of one of the Trump administration\u2019s most powerful allies.<\/p>\n
David Bralow is counsel to the Intercept<\/p>\n
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