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“When wealthy individuals can use the threat of lawsuit to sway coverage of their questionable actions – or to jeopardize the employment of a journalist who had the temerity to report on those actions – it’s dangerous for all of us,” writes Washington City Paper editor Michael Schaffer. “That’s true whether the wealthy individual in question is a CEO, a politician, or just the owner of a regionally prominent NFL franchise.” || A decade ago, Dan Snyder was a free speech champion.
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