Trump targets media to find ‘leaker’ who revealed that a US airman was missing after being shot down by Iranian forces
Donald Trump is an acculyte of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban. Once in power both men sought to gain control of the media in their perspective countries. They achieved their goals by allowing wealthy supporters to take control of the independent media in return for their full support of their governments. A similar situation is has developed in America with David Ellison, first taking control Paramount. followed by the takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
David and his father Larry Ellison (founder of Oracle) are supporters of Donald Trump. Given what's taken place at CBS News under Bari Weiss and its shift towards right wing ideology one should except a similar shift in political focus by CNN.
Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist – or journalists – who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by Iran on Friday in an effort to identify their source.
The badly injured airman hid in a mountain crevice to avoid capture before being rescued by a US recovery team that received heavy fire. The US president announced on Sunday that the service member had been recovered.
During a press conference at the White House on Monday afternoon, Trump told reporters that his government was aggressively pursuing the “leaker” who revealed information about the missing airman to the media. He claimed that the news report put Iran on notice and put the airman in danger.
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