Donald Trump’s Hatred of Free Speech

Frida Ghitis: In China , pro-democracy protesters held blank sheets of paper to speak out against repressive laws.

She says the U.S. is on the eve of an election that could see the return to power of Donald Trump , an autocrat who threatens the basic freedoms of the American people.

Ghitis says Trump does not seem to believe in free speech or the freedom of the press.

Elon Musk , like Trump , is fixated on tearing down American citizens' right to free press, says Julian Zelizer .

Zelizer: Musk has long aspired to be taken seriously by the news industry, and his aggrievement seems to stem, in part, from the fact that he is not.

He says Twitter is among the closest analogues that America has ever seen to a state-run media outlet.

Frida Ghitis : Bezos , like Musk , is free to run his business how he chooses, but that shouldn’t shield him from criticism.

Ghitis says Bezos blamed American citizens who work as journalists for being hated, denigrated, threatened by Trump .

She says anyone who would threaten to quash the most fundamental rights of some of their fellow citizens is threatening to impinge the rights of all Americans . The United States is still a nation consecrated to freedom.