Among the Presidents comments at CPAC yesterday were his insistence that journalists reveal the name of their sources instead of maintaining their anonymity.
This is eerily reminiscent of the Inquisition or Witch Trials (both in Europe and the American Colonies) where people were pressured (sometimes tortured) to reveal the names of people they were supposedly in league with.
More recent historical examples are the HUAC and McCarthyism hearings of the 1940's and 50's where people were pressured to give names of people who were accused of being communists. Many lives were ruined.
These comments from the President do not rise (yet) to the level of the above historical examples. It is the responsibility of the informed masses to make sure the media is not pressured to fall into the same trap as in the prior historical episodes.
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/34600461/efforts-to-stop-anonymous-sources-clash-with-1st-amendment
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