Lawrence O'Donnell ... OUT?

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13. Being let go for criticizing the president?

This is very worrisome. This is exactly what happened in Turkey about ten years ago. Erdogan pressured the owners of newspapers to fire the journalists and commentators who were critical of him, often threatening them with tax audits and the like. Over time, all the critical voices were silenced. Without media criticism, Erdogan was able to convince a bare majority of the public to keep re-electing him and to finally give him all the authoritiy he wanted.

If Americans don't want to turn into what Turkey has become, they have to make their voices heard now.

Criticism of the president, and of the government in general, is one of the news media's most important jobs. Such criticism is not, and never should be, a valid reason to let a journalist go.