Press Freedom Advocates Alarmed That Project Veritas Just Muzzled the New York Times

In an unusual and chilling ruling Thursday, a New York judge ordered the New York Times to refrain from “further disseminating or publishing” information about Project Veritas, the activist group led by far-right provocateur James O’Keefe, and from “further efforts to solicit or acquire” material—a clear violation of the First Amendment that was immediately decried by journalists and free speech activists. “Prior restraints—which are orders not to publish—are among the most serious threats to press freedom,” Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said in a statement Thursday. “The trial court should have never… Read Full Article