To the editor: The rationale we’d like a free press is so it will possibly report on authorities and enterprise failures in addition to their achievements. The Protection Division’s coverage that solely info approved by the division may be reported by the media is ridiculous (“‘With out precedent’: Just about all information retailers reject restrictive Pentagon press coverage,” Oct. 14).
Nearly each governmental company within the nation and each company would little doubt like to set such a coverage in place: “Print and broadcast solely what we offer you, don’t dig out something that makes us look unhealthy.”
In fact, the Soviet Union’s Joseph Stalin exerted management over the press, as did Germany’s Adolf Hitler. Does President Trump wish to match this mould?
Martin A. Brower, Corona del Mar
