University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Center for Freedom of Information Director Frank LoMonte and Brechner Legal Fellow Linda Riedemann Norbut are the co-authors of “Failing New York Times v. Trump: Is There a First Amendment Claim for Official Condemnation by Tweet” published in the Winter 2018 issue of Communications Lawyer.

The article focuses on the scornful condemnation that is often accepted as the “cost of doing business” for journalists. LoMonte and Norbut seek to identify if presidential condemnation, especially when accompanied by the potential of retaliatory government action, violates the First Amendment rights of journalists.

They assert that the most persuasive argument on behalf of journalists singled out for presidential approbation is not that the speech violates the Constitution, but that it violates the norms of civil society in which unsubstantiated changes of falsity and fabrication devalue the public discourse.

Posted: March 5, 2018
Category: College News
Tagged as: Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, Frank LoMonte, Linda Riedemann Norbut