Forget ‘Spotlight’: There’s a war against journalism

Forget ‘Spotlight’: There’s a war against journalism

What happened? It starts with the “press pen” — a sad, anti-democratic invention where journalists are corralled at political rallies like so much cattle, and under orders from the campaigns and their security not to leave and talk to rank-and-file voters. No campaign has been more aggressive in controlling the movement and access of the press than that of Trump.