When Rachel Scott pressed Donald Trump on whether he would release the full footage of a U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
strike that reportedly killed survivors on a suspected drug boat, she wasn\u2019t just asking about tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was asking whether a president who boasts about \u201cshooting a boat out of the water\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
would allow the public to see what really happened. His response was to deny his own earlier words,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
belittle her professionalism, and turn the focus from accountability to personal insult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was not an isolated moment, but part of a pattern of targeting female journalists who challenge him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each outburst sends a message: tough questions will be punished, not answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet Scott\u2019s persistence, and the quiet in that room as she refused to back down, told another story \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that press freedom depends on reporters willing to stand there, take the hit, and still demand the truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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