“I don't see how that would work at all, if I'm being honest. But also imagine what kind of tool that could be for bad actors who want to silence their critics, who want to silence people talking about bad conduct or even crimes. And so I think people just need to remember that there are ways that we can approach this. There are ways we can challenge coverage that we think is wrong, but giving the government power to censor speech, to censure the press. It won't fix this, but it will just create more problems.”

Sarah McLaughlin · said 2026-08-20 · reported 2026-08-21

Sarah McLaughlin warned that state powers to censor press coverage would create more problems and be abused.