As media we follow The Columbia Journalism Review as a matter of course. We realize they have serious ties to Harvard and lean left in disseminations but in many ways reflect the challenging state of journalism in an ever changing media ecosystem and landscape.

When we read this article we chafed at the call to arms tone of the piece. The insinuation Trump would use the FCC to “punish” wayward news outlets for opposition content harkens to a reality we felt in 2022 when Fox capitulated to Dominion and settled a...