"I suppose we are McCarthyists for insisting that slanderous attacks on the President be based on the truth. If so, we are guilty."
You need to re-read her opening remarks. She has a right to free press, and somehow we, er, violated her rights through exercizing our rights. So, it's all perfectly logical-- if you're a leftist.
I suppose the logic goes, the first Amendment only protects the Press. Peons are not allowed to talk.