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新闻自由团体将州长韦斯·摩尔对待记者的方式与特朗普相提并论
作者：亚历克·舍梅尔 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年10月15日 美国东部时间早上5:00
布里特·休姆质疑特朗普白宫媒体禁令的有效性
唐纳德·特朗普总统禁止三家媒体机构进入白宫的决定引发了福克斯新闻首席政治分析师布里特·休姆的审视。休姆承认部分媒体的报道显然有失偏颇，但他质疑禁令能否有效改变媒体的报道行为。休姆得出结论称，这一举措主要是为了团结总统的支持者基础。
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曾严厉批评唐纳德·特朗普总统对待记者方式的知名新闻自由组织联盟，如今指控本身就是特朗普批评者的马里兰州民主党州长韦斯·摩尔报复审查其政府的新闻机构。
这些指控来自新闻自由基金会和其他六个新闻与公民自由组织在10月13日发出的一封信。这些团体对摩尔政府的一项决定表示担忧：即辛克莱广播集团旗下新闻机构和《巴尔的摩太阳报》的记者即使提出常规问询，也要接受额外的法律审查。
这项额外审查是在辛克莱广播集团执行董事长、《巴尔的摩太阳报》多数股权所有者大卫·史密斯对摩尔提起诽谤诉讼之后启动的。马里兰州各机构在书面回复记者时明确提及了史密斯的诉讼，并告知辛克莱旗下媒体的记者，他们的问询将被转交给法律顾问后才能得到答复。
摩尔本人此前曾批评特朗普对待记者的方式。在9月2日做客CNN《国情咨文》节目时，这位马里兰州州长谴责特朗普禁止CNN、MSNBC和《政客》杂志记者进入白宫的决定，指责特朗普“仅仅因为不喜欢报道内容，就将宪法视为可有可无的建议”。
白宫态度强硬，律师预测特朗普最新的媒体纠纷将如何在法庭上演
唐纳德·特朗普总统与马里兰州民主党州长韦斯·摩尔(安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社 | 曼德尔·恩加/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社)
“摩尔一边抨击特朗普政府违宪地禁止不受欢迎的媒体进入白宫，以此提升自己的全国知名度，一边自己却在搞类似的把戏，这尤其令人愤慨，”新闻自由基金会宣传主管赛斯·斯特恩在随这封信发布的一份声明中说道。
参与谴责摩尔的新闻自由团体包括保护记者委员会、笔会美国分会、无国界记者和职业记者协会，它们辩称，记者不应因所属媒体机构的所有权纠纷而受到政府官员的区别对待，并将此与特朗普政府对部分白宫记者的限制措施相比较。
摩尔的办公室周三在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中强烈否认了这些指控，坚称尽管增加了法律审查程序，记者仍持续收到州政府机构的回复。
《巴尔的摩太阳报》所有者威胁起诉马里兰州州长韦斯·摩尔，称其有关爱泼斯坦关联的言论具有诽谤性
“这封信的核心前提完全是虚假的。不存在全面拒绝沟通的情况，”摩尔的高级新闻秘书兼媒体战略总监阿马尔·穆萨告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“仅在过去一周，州政府机构和州长办公室就回答了辛克莱旗下媒体的数十个问题，我们很乐意让他们分享这些回复。”
“大卫·史密斯选择起诉州长。让我们的法律团队审查问询是基本的尽职调查，而非封锁，”穆萨补充道。“诉讼当事人无权 dictate 州政府如何保护自身，但这并未阻止我们的机构为马里兰州人民履行职责。”
马里兰州州长韦斯·摩尔于2025年8月5日在马里兰州安纳波利斯的马里兰州州议会大厦举行的新闻发布会上发言。(杰米·萨博/盖蒂图片社)
这场纠纷可追溯至今年7月史密斯对摩尔提起的诽谤诉讼。史密斯指控摩尔在一次电视采访中发表了关于他的虚假且有损声誉的言论，包括史密斯认为暗示他与定罪的性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦有关联的言论。
拥有《巴尔的摩太阳报》等媒体资产的史密斯一直是摩尔频繁批评的对象，摩尔指责该报纸的所有者推行与特朗普一致的政治议程。史密斯坚称，州长的言论已越过政治批评的界限，构成诽谤。
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《巴尔的摩太阳报》的报箱在马里兰州巴尔的摩市，摄于2021年3月11日。(吉姆·沃森/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社)
该诉讼是史密斯个人提起的，而非那些其记者此后面临问询额外法律审查的新闻机构。
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“我们敦促你指示马里兰州所有机构，大卫·史密斯对你的诉讼是个人事务，不能以此为借口将媒体问询送入法律审查的黑洞，并停止任何针对你个人不喜欢的新闻机构的其他非法报复行为，”该联盟在信中写道。
“尤其令人错愕的是，在你监管下的政府机构以站不住脚的借口阻挠记者报道的同时，你却在电视上谴责特朗普政府违宪地禁止总统不喜欢的新闻机构进入白宫，”信中继续说道。“诚然，特朗普经常将个人恩怨转化为审查式的政府政策，损害公众利益。但你自己的行为看起来并无太大不同。”
亚历克·舍梅尔是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，原籍北卡罗来纳州夏洛特，现居住在华盛顿特区-巴尔的摩大都会区。
Press freedom groups that blasted Trump turn fire on Dem governor over alleged media retaliation
2026-10-15T05:00:37-04:00 / Fox News
Press freedom groups draw parallels between Gov Wes Moore’s treatment of reporters to that of Trump’s
By Alec Schemmel Fox News
Published October 15, 2026 5:00am EDT
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A coalition of prominent press freedom organizations that have blasted President Donald Trump’s treatment of journalists is now accusing Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Trump critic himself, of retaliating against news outlets scrutinizing his administration.
The accusations came in an Oct. 13 letter from the Freedom of the Press Foundation and six other journalism and civil liberties organizations. The groups raised concerns about the Moore administration’s decision to subject even routine inquiries from reporters at Sinclair-affiliated news outlets and The Baltimore Sun to additional legal review.
The additional review came amid a defamation lawsuit filed against Moore by David Smith, executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group and majority owner of The Baltimore Sun. Maryland agencies have explicitly cited Smith’s lawsuit in written responses to reporters, informing journalists at Sinclair-affiliated outlets that their inquiries would be referred to legal counsel before receiving a response.
Moore himself has previously criticized Trump’s treatment of journalists. During a Sept. 20 appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the Maryland governor condemned the president’s decision to bar reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, accusing Trump of treating the Constitution “like it is a suggestion box simply because he does not like the coverage.”
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President Donald Trump and Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images | MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
“It’s particularly offensive that Moore seeks to boost his national profile by slamming the Trump administration’s unconstitutional attempts to ban disfavored media outlets from the White House when he’s engaged in such similar antics himself,” Seth Stern, chief of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, said in a statement accompanying the letter.
The press freedom groups that joined in condemning Moore, including the Committee to Protect Journalists, PEN America, Reporters Without Borders and the Society of Professional Journalists, argued that journalists should not face different treatment from government officials because of a dispute involving their outlets’ ownership, drawing a comparison to the Trump administration’s restrictions on certain White House reporters.
Moore’s office strongly disputed the allegations in a statement to Fox News Digital on Wednesday, insisting that reporters have continued receiving responses from state agencies despite the additional legal scrutiny.
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“The central premise of this letter is completely false. There is no blanket refusal to engage,” Ammar Moussa, Moore’s senior press secretary and director of media strategy, told Fox News Digital. “In the last week alone, state agencies and the Governor’s Office have answered dozens of questions from Sinclair outlets, and we’re happy to let them share those responses.”
“David Smith chose to sue the Governor. Having our legal team look over inquiries is basic due diligence, not a blackout,” Moussa continued. “A litigant doesn’t get to dictate how the state protects itself, but that hasn’t stopped our agencies from doing their jobs for the people of Maryland.”
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks during a press conference at the Maryland State House on August 5, 2025, in Annapolis, Maryland.(Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)
The dispute traces back to a defamation lawsuit Smith filed against the governor in July. Smith accused Moore of making false and damaging statements about him during a television interview, including remarks Smith interpreted as suggesting he had ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Smith, whose media holdings include The Baltimore Sun, has been a frequent target of criticism from Moore, who has accused the newspaper’s ownership of advancing a political agenda aligned with Trump. Smith maintains that the governor’s remarks crossed the line from political criticism into defamation.
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A Baltimore Sun newspaper bin stands with others in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 11, 2021.(JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
The lawsuit was filed by Smith personally, rather than the news organizations whose reporters have since faced additional legal review of their inquiries.
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“We urge you to instruct all Maryland agencies that Smith’s lawsuit against you is a personal matter and not an excuse to send media requests into a legal review black hole, and to cease any other unlawful retaliation against news outlets you personally dislike,” the coalition letter stated.
“It is particularly jarring that, while government agencies under your watch stonewall reporters based on flimsy pretexts, you take to the airwaves to condemn the Trump administration’s unconstitutional ban of news outlets the president doesn’t like from the White House,” the letter continued. “Yes, Trump frequently turns his personal grudges into censorial government policy, to the detriment of the public. But your own conduct appears not much different.”
Alec Schemmel is a Politics Reporter for Fox News Digital who is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina but now resides in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore Metro Area.
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