CNN reporter Omar Jimenez's arrest is what real censorship looks like

The New York Times

Jimenez's arrest early this morning happened the same week as President Trump accused Twitter of censoring him for flagging his problematic tweets and attaching a fact-checking link. Jimenez's arrest, however, showed, what true censorship looks like, says James Poniewozik. "Actual censorship happens when a government acts to suppress protected speech, not when a private company sets rules for using its platform," he says. Poniewozik adds that Jimenez's arrest, "which unfolded over several tense minutes, was brazen and appalling. But at least it served a clarifying purpose. After days of hot air expended insisting on a politician’s 'right' to use a private platform without correction, America got to see what an actual offense against the First Amendment looks like. It looked like world news footage from a police state."