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Business and the First Amendment

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By Ross Kerber, U.S. Sustainable Business Correspondent

In the US military the views of retired generals and admirals carry a lot of weight. These veterans have a wealth of experience but also the freedom that uniformed officers lack to speak up on controversial issues.

The same dynamic sometimes holds true in Corporate America, which is why I was intrigued by the views of a retired senior financial PR executive on business relations with Trump.

You can read up on what he said in my column this week, linked below. Please also find links to our coverage of a new media oversight board, Microsoft's deal with a shareholder activist, and Meta's "human concierge" AI backup feature.

Please follow me on LinkedIn and/or Bluesky. You can reach me via ross.kerber@thomsonreuters.com.

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Signs in a media area at the White House after news organizations were barred by US President Donald Trump, in Washington, DC, September 23, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci

PR veteran urges business groups to defend First Amendment

A constant of US President Donald Trump's political career has been his relentless attacks on individuals and institutions. A frustration of his critics has been their difficulty organizing opposition.

So it was striking to see the major US television networks cooperate and suspend presidential pool coverage this week after Trump banned three news organizations on September 18.

Given the First Amendment stakes, some say it is time for business executives to weigh in. Ed Patterson, a retired public relations and crisis communications executive whose LinkedIn post I noticed, called for major trade groups to "finally defend our constitution" and speak up for the media.

Oh really? I called up Ed and got an earful. You can read his message — and my full column — via the link below

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Microsoft became the first major company to lock in shareholder rights to file resolutions, under a deal struck with an activist. The agreement may offset efforts by the Republican SEC commissioners to shift power away from investors and toward corporate executives.
Michigan's lawsuit accusing four major oil companies of colluding to forestall renewable energy competition was dismissed by a US judge.
The founder of Alphabet's trust and safety team warned that development of artificial intelligence could cause even greater harm to children than social media caused.

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Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 7, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo

Sign me up for a slot on the new editorial independence board that will oversee CNN and CBS as part of a settlement between David Ellison and a coalition of 12 states and a Hollywood writers' union. Critics say it will be toothless - or, for my slacker self, not a lot of work.
As Meta launches a new personal AI assistant, Muse, it also has been testing a "human concierge" whereby human contractors quietly handle some of the phone calls placed on the digital assistant.
DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle a New York City probe finding the company underpaid workers or waited too long to pay them, in what Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the city's largest labor enforcement action.

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