Major media outlets from CBS to The Washington Post have “bent the knee” to President Trump’s specious demands.

{This article first appeared at Common Dreams on April 25, 2025.]

President Donald Trump is following the authoritarian’s handbook that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán used to consolidate power in Hungary. He is attacking the independent institutions that comprise the infrastructure supporting democracy – universities, law firms, culture, and the media.

And he is winning.

Major media outlets have “bent the knee” – his press secretary’s preferred phrase for capitulation to Trump’s specious demands. His latest conquest is CBS.

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