“It sends a chilling message to the entire newsroom,” Alfonsi said. “I think it was a deliberate choice to penalize a #journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting.”
Alfonsi remains employed at #CBS, but with no contract in place, she said she had no expectation of returning to “#60Minutes.” “I’m not resigning,” she said. “If they want me gone because I did my job, they’ll have to fire me.”
#Trump #StateMedia #authoritarianism #censorship #law #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate
