Juan Williams, a Fox News contributor, at the National Conference on the First Amendment Sunday Oct. 21, 2018, at Duquesne University’s Power Center Ballroom Uptown. On the panel, The First Amendment in 21st Century American” A View from the Trenches, Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, posed the question, Òwhat would you propose to protect journalist, like yourself, to be able to speak your mind without being fired by a private company?Ó To which Mr. Williams responded, ÒWell, I think there are standards in journalism, Jeffrey, that protect both the journalist and the public because the standards are there in terms of accountabilityÓÉ ÒThe problem here is that there are so many anonymous actors and even some actors who are intending to mislead you. The term these days is gaslighting. People who will just put things out there or throw many things out there to create a sense of disorientation to part of you who is a media consumer. But even worse in my book are provocateurs, who say things who that are making money by saying outrageous things. In other words thatÕs how you get clicks, clicks equal dollars. And they want clicks and if they propound conspiracy theories, malicious attacks on people and the like they know that they can play to a certain audience. You can fragment the American audienceÓÉ ÒYou pick a niche and you play to that niche and you can make a lot of money even if youÕre not telling the truth or not telling the whole story. So from my mind, when you come into this environment, you as the consumer have really have to rely on your own discernment and you have to make decisions about what it is you are reading, watching, or listening to.Ó (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)