纽约时报强硬反击特朗普恐吓：新闻自由不容践踏！
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纽约时报强硬反击特朗普恐吓：新闻自由不容践踏！
作者：Occupy Democrats
编译：林胥
来源：https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JuZP8hgaH/?mibextid=wwXIfr
前言：
在特朗普总统不断试图打压新闻自由、操控舆论之际，《纽约时报》挺身而出，对其恐吓与腐败行径进行了有力驳斥。这场围绕《60分钟》专访与派拉蒙诉讼的纷争，不仅暴露了特朗普试图滥用总统职权，更揭示出他企图以行政权力为筹码干预媒体与企业交易的真实面目。⸻
正文翻译：
**突发：**在特朗普威胁对《纽约时报》采取法律行动、只因其敢于报道他试图敲诈派拉蒙环球的行为后，该报毫不畏惧地作出强硬回应。
这正是面对独裁式恶霸与腐败行径时应有的姿态！
《纽约时报》向《国会山报》表示：“特朗普总统今天的贴文只是他长期以来一系列法律威胁的一部分，目的是打压或惩罚独立新闻报道。法律是明确的，它保护新闻自由，也保障美国公众的知情权。”
该报进一步强调：“《纽约时报》不会被政府的恐吓战术所吓倒。我们将继续无所畏惧地追寻真相，坚定捍卫记者为美国人民发声、提问的第一修正案权利。”
这番声明针对的是特朗普当天早上在Truth Social发布的一则激进贴文，该文内容围绕他对派拉蒙的庞大诉讼案，而这一诉讼源自《60分钟》对副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯的专访。
特朗普宣称该采访经过“欺骗性剪辑”，但多数评论者一致认为，这不过是他为打击政治对手而恫吓相关媒体的又一次操弄。
他在贴文中指控该公司“以前所未有的方式欺骗和诈骗了美国人民”，还声称《60分钟》节目“对美国人民、联邦选举委员会以及联邦通信系统犯下巨大欺诈”。
他进一步声称：“尽管以上种种事实存在，并且派拉蒙/CBS/《60分钟》也已承认这一罪行，尽管他们多次删除采访答案，但失败的《纽约时报》仍声称‘一些人’认为此案毫无依据。其实他们根本不是这个意思，他们不过是患上了无法治愈的‘特朗普妄想症’，甚至严重到可能使《纽约时报》因此干扰选举、构成侵权责任的地步，我们正在深入研究此事。”
特朗普还写道：“《60分钟》及其母公司所犯下的，是广播历史上最严重的违法行为之一。以非法方式为总统候选人‘伪造答案’，前所未有。他们必须为此付出代价，而《纽约时报》也应该为其可能违法的行为承担责任。我们必须追究这些骗子和欺诈者的责任！”
特朗普这番长篇累牍、谎言连篇的言论起因于《纽约时报》一篇报道，内容揭露了特朗普律师团队正试图逼迫派拉蒙在《60分钟》专访事件上达成和解。文章指出，“法律专家普遍认为该诉讼毫无根据，CBS将轻松获胜。”
更为复杂的是，派拉蒙控股股东莎莉·雷德斯通目前正试图将公司出售给好莱坞的Skydance公司。而要完成这一交易，她需要特朗普领导的联邦通信委员会批准。
换句话说，许多专家认为，特朗普正在利用联邦通信委员会的审批权，作为谈判筹码，意图迫使派拉蒙就范。这种行为是最典型的权力腐败。在一个正常的国家，这本应构成可弹劾的罪行。
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后记：
新闻自由，是民主社会的基石。面对权力的恫吓，《纽约时报》的坚定发声，不仅是对新闻行业的捍卫，更是对每一个美国公民知情权的保护。当总统以职权为武器、以私利为目标，我们每一个人都有责任站出来，拒绝沉默，坚守真相。请点赞、转发，让更多人看清事实！
原文：BREAKING: The New York Times fearlessly fires back at Donald Trump after he threatens them with legal action for daring to report on his efforts to extort Paramount Global.
This is exactly how you stand up to this fascist bully and his corruption...
"President Trump’s post today follows a long list of legal threats aimed at discouraging or penalizing independent reporting about the administration. The law is clear and protects a strong free press and favors an informed American public," the Times told The Hill.
"The New York Times will not be deterred by the administration’s intimidation tactics," the outlet added. "We will continue to pursue the facts without fear or favor and stand up for journalists’ First Amendment right to ask questions on behalf of the American people."
They were referring to a deranged Truth Social post that Trump fired off this morning about the massive lawsuit he's conducting against Paramount over an interview that 60 minutes aired with Kamala Harris.
Trump has alleged that the interview was deceptively edited, but most commentators agree that Trump is just trying to bully the company for interacting with his political enemy.
In his post, Trump accused the company of having "cheated and defrauded the American People at levels never seen before in the Political Arena," adding that 60 Minutes "perpetrated a Giant FRAUD against the American People, the Federal Elections Commission, and the Federal Communications System."
"Despite all of the above, and Paramount’s/CBS’/60 Minutes’ admittance to this crime and, with other similar corrupt removals of answers to questions, the Failing New York Times, which is Fake News both in writing and polling, claims that 'people' said that the case is baseless," Trump continued.
"They don’t mean that, they just have a non curable case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, possibly to the point where the Times’ interjection makes them liable for tortious interference, including in Elections, which we are intently studying," he went on.
"The bottom line is that what 60 Minutes and its corporate owners have committed is one of the most egregious illegalities in Broadcast History," wrote Trump.
"Nothing like this, the illegal creation of an answer for a Presidential Candidate, has ever been done before, they have to pay a price for it, and the Times should also be on the hook for their likely unlawful behavior. It is vital to hold these Liars and Fraudsters accountable!" he concluded.
The lengthy and lie-riddled outburst was prompted by a report in the Times in which they covered the scheme by Trump's lawyers to extract a settlement from Paramount over the 60 minutes segment. The outlet wrote that "legal experts have called the suit baseless and an easy victory for CBS."
This entire sordid affair is complicated by the fact that Shari Redstone — the controlling shareholder of Paramount — is trying to sell the company to Hollywood studio Skydance. In order for that sale to happen, she needs permission from Trump's Federal Communications Commission.
In other words, it appears to many experts that Trump is holding out on having his FCC grant permission in order to use it as leverage in the settlement discussions. This is corruption of the most clear cut form. He's abusing the powers of the presidency to enrich himself and in a sane country, this would be an impeachable offense.
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