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The major media have warned that Donald Trump would wage a war on the First Amendment. His quick draw to call out bad reporting, boot disruptive journalists, and mock fake news were obvious signs that the freedom of the press would hang by a squib during the Trump administration.
Aesop is said to have been an ancient Greek storyteller, perhaps a slave, whose stories of wisdom were collected and passed down through the ages. None is more famous than “The Boy That Cried Wolf.” For those too young to have been taught the fables in public school, it’s a short and simple tale: A young shepherd boy is tending a flock by himself for the first time. He is instructed by his elders to cry out should a wolf arrive and threaten the sheep. Two or three times, the boy falsely sounds the alarm and three times the elders show up in a panic. The boy laughs and thinks it is great sport. When the wolf finally does come, he screams to no avail, no one shows and the boy himself is eventually devoured.