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Count us among the enthusiastic celebrants of World Press Freedom Day, which is marked this week. All over the world, many journalists are punished, imprisoned and even killed for daring to shine a light on the powerful. As other newspapers say, democracy dies in darkness; the flip side of that credo is that it can only thrive when the lights are on and the windows are open.
But, to adapt the words once spoken to a fictional photographer for an imaginary New York newspaper, with freedom comes responsibility. The press can say what it wants, but it must understand the implications of the choices it makes.
This brings us to the CNN May 10 New Hampshire Donald Trump town hall. It makes sense that the network wants the leading Republican candidate for president, a former commander-in-chief who holds a 36-point lead in the primary polls (do Nikki Haley and Asa Hutchinson get prime-time, too?). But it does require that those controlling the floor ask Trump tough questions, and challenge him when he lies and distorts about the results of the 2020 election or anything else.
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Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally at the I-80 Speedway on May 1, 2022, in Greenwood, Nebraska.
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When then-candidate Trump ran for president in 2015 and 2016, the press couldn’t look away. He said we should build a wall and pay off Mexico, ban Muslims from traveling to America and other things that both shocked responsible Americans and fueled his political rise.
We are not suggesting for a minute that those remarks are not newsworthy or should lead to a press blackout. Political journalists must report what competitive candidates say, good, bad or indifferent which is called educating the public even if the speaker is aiming his nonsense at the journalists themselves. What is neither necessary nor wise is for the networks, especially CNN, to give Trump hour after hour of free, unfiltered airtime, as they have done at rally after rally. (A November 2015 Trump Saturday Night Live hosting gig was, to say the least, ill-advised.)
Kaitlan Collins will moderate. The burden is on him to make sure the event is good journalism, not just for ratings.
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Year unknown: Workers clear overgrown lot by Broad Street Station.
12-18-1956: Tall trees–Two of Richmond’s largest indoor Christmas trees are in place and lit up–one at Broad Street Station.
09-06-1962 (cutline): No more free parking for motorists at Broad Street Station. The temporary toll booth shown was erected at the Robinson St entrance. in the station parking lot to collect parking fees from motorists. A permanent booth is being built near the current booth. The Davis. The entrance to St. is blocked to prevent vehicles from entering the lot from that side.
07-18-1967: Broad Street Station.
12-11-1970: Broad Street Station , looking west at approximately 7 am
04-23-1969 (cutline): Magnolia trees bloom between columns at Broad Street Station. Mrs. WK Norman assisted.
06-08-1951 (cutline): View shows damage caused to the West Side of the Broad Street Station dome. The removal of the tile, which was damaged in the slide last week, will begin today.
06-04-1951 (cutline): Dome of Broad Street Station after tile falls. Lightning believed to be the cause of the cement collapse.
10-24-1942: Broad Street Station.
05-20-1972: Broad Street Station.
11-15-1975 (cutline): The last passenger train rates a musical farewell at Broad Street Station. A seven-piece brass band assembled to mark the occasion with ‘Auld Lang Syne.’
05-20-1946 (cutline): A Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railway train pulls out of Broad Street Station bound for Washington.
12-10-1970 (cutline): Broad Street Station grounds looking West at approximately 7:15 AM.
12-10-1970 (cutline): Passengers and station staff discuss travel by rail that stopped at Broad Street Station at approximately 7:30 a.m. this morning.
04-01-1944 (cutline): Service for servicemen–A member of the 1345th Service Unit, Richmond Military Police Battalion (in booth), gives directions to a visiting serviceman at a new servicemen’s information booth established on Broad Street Station. A similar booth operates at Main Street Station.
05-23-1957 (cutline): Broad Street Station.
08-07-1951 (cutline): Repairing the facade of Broad Street Station–The maze of scaffolding in front of Broad Street Station is used by laborers doing routine work on the Indiana limestone building. This is the first time mortar has worked between the stone blocks since the building was built. The work is being done while the station dome is being repaired. This leaves only one way to enter the front of the building–through the tunnel just visible in the center of the scaffolding.
Year unknown: Workers clear overgrown lot by Broad Street Station.
12-18-1956: Tall trees–Two of Richmond’s largest indoor Christmas trees are in place and lit up–one at Broad Street Station.
09-06-1962 (cutline): No more free parking for motorists at Broad Street Station. The temporary toll booth shown was erected at the Robinson St entrance. in the station parking lot to collect parking fees from motorists. A permanent booth is being built near the current booth. The Davis. The entrance to St. is blocked to prevent vehicles from entering the lot from that side.
07-18-1967: Broad Street Station.
12-11-1970: Broad Street Station , looking west at approximately 7 am
04-23-1969 (cutline): Magnolia trees bloom between columns at Broad Street Station. Mrs. WK Norman assisted.
06-08-1951 (cutline): View shows damage caused to the West Side of the Broad Street Station dome. The removal of the tile, which was damaged in the slide last week, will begin today.
06-04-1951 (cutline): Dome of Broad Street Station after tile falls. Lightning believed to be the cause of the cement collapse.
10-24-1942: Broad Street Station.
05-20-1972: Broad Street Station.
11-15-1975 (cutline): The last passenger train rates a musical farewell at Broad Street Station. A seven-piece brass band assembled to mark the occasion with ‘Auld Lang Syne.’
05-20-1946 (cutline): A Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railway train pulls out of Broad Street Station bound for Washington.
12-10-1970 (cutline): Broad Street Station grounds looking West at approximately 7:15 AM.
12-10-1970 (cutline): Passengers and station staff discuss travel by rail that stopped at Broad Street Station at approximately 7:30 a.m. this morning.
04-01-1944 (cutline): Service for servicemen–A member of the 1345th Service Unit, Richmond Military Police Battalion (in booth), gives directions to a visiting serviceman at a new servicemen’s information booth established on Broad Street Station. A similar booth operates at Main Street Station.
05-23-1957 (cutline): Broad Street Station.
08-07-1951 (cutline): Repairing the facade of Broad Street Station–The maze of scaffolding in front of Broad Street Station is used by laborers doing routine work on the Indiana limestone building. This is the first time mortar has worked between the stone blocks since the building was built. The work is being done while the station dome is being repaired. This leaves only one way to enter the front of the building–through the tunnel just visible in the center of the scaffolding.
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