Trump followed the authoritarian playbook in suing and attacking media companies for any criticism or even negative news like a poll.

"Trump" will here mean: him, his administration, his Republican successor if he's incapacitated, or his allies (e.g. the classic strategy is that a lawsuit costs them a lot of money and an ally buys the company and changes editorial policy)

"Kill" will here mean: make it non-existent or very hard to access to US citizens.

"Neuter" will here mean: significantly reduce critical coverage of Trump, and/or balancing it with pro-Trump coverage.

There's a chance that this would require overturning this Supreme Court position, which holds that defamation lawsuits against media companies require proving malicious intent

• Update 2025-18-01 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Resolution Criteria Update:

  • If there's substantive evidence for a chilling effect, this question will resolve YES.