In the wake of last weekend's US military action in Venezuela, the news media got something it has seldom heard from the Trump administration: a “thank you”. But there's a difference, she said, between reporting information that could put someone in danger and that which could prove embarrassing to an administration. “The reporters are not going to be deterred by a ridiculously broad censorship edict by the Trump administration,” Priest said. Their mission is not to curry favour with the Trump administration. It's to report information to the public.”

Source: The Telegraph January 06, 2026 13:51 UTC