Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the threat to press freedom

A second term for Trump has chilling implications for critical independent journalism and the media the industry

Donald Trump's second term promises to deliver historic threats to US press freedom - directly from the Oval Office.

The president-elect made it clear during the campaign that he had the media in his sights. He told a rally on the eve of the election that he wouldn't mind" if an assassin shot the journalists standing in front of him.