https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/10\/22\/alan-greenblatt-quit-governing-censorship-00617039<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Until Oct. 10, I was the editor of Governing, a magazine and website covering state and local governments. But after facing increasing internal censorship pressures \u2014 largely to avoid critical coverage of President Donald Trump \u2014 I refused to go along, and I resigned.<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
The notion that the litigious Trump would hit us with a lawsuit was not impossible, but it was unlikely. We certainly weren\u2019t reliant on federal contracts to stay afloat. But after Trump\u2019s second term began, the corporate anxiety about rocking the boat with our coverage became a constant.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s one of the saddest parts of Trump\u2019s anti-media drive. After the government has gone after the big guys \u2014 Trump has engaged in court fights this year with CBS, ABC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press, not to mention defunding NPR, my former employer \u2014 the little guys too often decide they lack the resources to stand up. Capitulation becomes the easier course.”<\/p>\n
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