Seth Stern

“A president selling priority access to news he himself generates for the benefit of a private company he controls is so blatantly corrupt and unconstitutional that it would have been hard to even fathom just a few years ago,”

Seth Stern · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-13

Stern commented on a lawsuit challenging Trump Media's paid service offering early access to the president's posts on U.S. policy.

“We’ve long said that when the government claims it needs to investigate journalists to protect national security, it really means its own reputational security. This is as clear an example as you can get.”

Seth Stern · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-11

Seth Stern said the government's claim that it needs to investigate journalists to protect national security really means its own reputational security.

“exactly why we need to protect journalists and whistleblowers — without them, we’d never know about this kind of waste and incompetence.”

Seth Stern · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-11

Seth Stern said the reporting about the plane switch shows why journalists and whistleblowers need protection.