Bob Costas: Trump’s attacks on the media are unlike anything in my lifetime
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“The free press is under attack,” Bob Costas said at an awards ceremony Monday evening. “Democracy as we know it is under attack.”
“The free press is under attack,” Bob Costas said at an awards ceremony Monday evening. “Democracy as we know it is under attack.” The famed sports broadcaster was at the Edison Ballroom podium in New York, accepting a lifetime achievement Mirror Award for his “distinct, consistent and unique contributions to the public’s understanding of the media.” What began as a speech reflecting upon a 50-year career in sports journalism quickly became a scorching sermon about the state of sports media and the threats to the free press coming from President Donald Trump. “What’s happening now are not matters of small degree,” Costas, 73, said of the Trump administration’s attacks on journalism, including personal lawsuits, FCC investigations, and crackdowns on press access. “They’re different in kind to anything certainly in my lifetime and maybe in the history of the American presidency.” The president “intimidated ABC into reviewing George Stephanopoulos,” Costas said of the network settling Trump’s 2024 defamation lawsuit brought against it after the star anchor repeatedly said on-air that Trump had been “found liable for rape” in the E. Jean Carroll case when a jury had found him liable for sexual abuse. “All they should have said was George misspoke,” the sportscaster said. “They didn’t have to pay a $15 million ransom.”
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