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1748 Ivory Tower 12-2-16

Season 13 Episode 1814 | 26m 45sVideo has Closed Captions

Journalists discuss how to cover Trump; Trump's Tweet about criminalizing flag burning

Panelists join in the discussion among journalists about how best to cover this most unconventional President-Elect. Are all his tweets news? Should fact-checking continue to be paramount? This relates to his tweet that persons who burn the American flag should be jailed and lose their citizenship. It is settled law that flag burning is protected under the First Amendment as symbolic speech.

12/02/2016 | Rating NR

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1748 Ivory Tower 12-2-16

Season 13 Episode 1814 | 26m 45sVideo has Closed Captions

Panelists join in the discussion among journalists about how best to cover this most unconventional President-Elect. Are all his tweets news? Should fact-checking continue to be paramount? This relates to his tweet that persons who burn the American flag should be jailed and lose their citizenship. It is settled law that flag burning is protected under the First Amendment as symbolic speech.

12/02/2016 | Rating NR

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