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'You have to have a battle plan going in': Maria Ressa on how the press must prepare for Trump 2.0 - Velshi - MSNBC
Donald Trump campaigned on a promise of retribution and we are already seeing signs of what the politics of revenge might look like under a new Trump term.
The journalist and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Maria Ressa knows first-hand what can happen when government pressure comes to bear against democratic institutions - and how to hold the line against it. “If the citizens of a democracy don't stand up and demand better, then all of it gets systematically worse,” says Ressa. “The question really is – how prepared is the American media for what will happen next?” - Aired on 12/21/2024.