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April 22, 2021
From the Republican’s shock election victory in November 2016 through to the 6 January storming of the US Capitol, the Trump era captivated the world.
Sopel, already an important correspondent for the British public, became one of the BBC’s most in-demand commentators. (He also had three books published during Trump’s reign, the latest of which was titled ‘Unpresidented’.)
So when asked if he is missing Trump, Sopel doesn’t hesitate.
“Yes,” he says over a video interview (excerpts below), before breaking into a chuckle.
“As a television journalist, every day was a five-course blowout feast with Donald Trump. There were endless tweets. There were the briefings that would explode. There was the name-calling. There were fantastic visuals. There’d be the rallies.
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Wednesday had two firsts for me and they both involved the Constitution.
The first âfirstâ was being called for jury duty and sitting for two hours in Noble Superior Court 1 as a prospective juror. I will tell you about my experience and what I learned about the Sixth Amendment in my next column.
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Free as a Bird but no Journalists Here (Image Free for Use from Pixabay)
The 2021 World Press Freedom Index is out. Unsurprisingly, Israel is down at 86 (out of 180 countries). We take a look at some of the reasons for Israel’s poor showing in this important annual survey.