John Whitehouse is news director for Media Matters for America, a progressive research center that monitors the U.S. media. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Fordham University and a law degree from the University of Minnesota.
We’re only one week into the first criminal trial of Donald Trump, yet he and his MAGA allies are already intervening to identify and drive off the jury anyone they think could pose a risk to the former president. At Fox News, host Jesse Watters has launched attacks on the jurors, saying at one point that any juror who says they can be unbiased in the case is a liar, and citing Trump’s legal team as having uncovered potential jurors who were “undercover activists.
And yes, it’s certainly inappropriate for the press covering a trial to essentially dox someone on the jury. But the core issue here is that Trump and his media allies don’t believe that they should have to be subject to the same legal system as the rest of us. Instead, there’s a clear and concerted effort by MAGA forces to use media pressure to give Trump more preferential treatment, and to drive off any juror they believe poses a risk to Trump. That’s why Fox Corp.
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