Raw Story

Trump's threat to charge media outlets with 'treason' takes a strange new turn

Mar 17, 2026Far Left

President Donald Trump's recent call to charge media outlets with "treason" for covering the war in Iran negatively took a strange new turn on Monday night. Over the weekend, Trump posted on Truth Social that media outlets that covered a story about Iran striking the USS Abraham Air Craft Carrier should be charged with "treason" for disseminating false…

Read Full Story at Source

Compare coverage

3 related stories from other outlets

Trump Floats Treason Charges Against Media Outlets Over Iran War Coverage

Truthout

Mar 16, 2026

Top Match

Trump Floats Treason Charges Against Media Outlets Over Iran War Coverage

The FCC chair also threatened to pull the broadcasting licenses of media outlets he accused of “running hoaxes.”

Far Left

Read →

With Threats and Claims of ‘Treason,’ Trump Pressures Media on the War

The New York Times

Mar 16, 2026

Good Match

With Threats and Claims of ‘Treason,’ Trump Pressures Media on the War

A president who calls journalists the “enemy of the people” has accused news organizations of undermining a military effort that many Americans oppose.

Center Left

Read →

Trump Threatens to Charge Reporters With Treason as Iran War Spirals

The New Republic

Mar 16, 2026

Good Match

Trump Threatens to Charge Reporters With Treason as Iran War Spirals

Donald Trump is accusing media outlets of committing treason over their Iran war coverage. On Truth Social Sunday, Trump made a long-winded post accusing Iran of using AI to create fake videos of attacks on U.S. ships and American publications of “false reporting,” calling out The Wall Street Journal by name. In one instance, he cited a fake video of the…

Left

Read →