By Callum Borchers, The Washington Post
President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants U.S. libel standards to mirror those of England, home of Sky News, which displayed the news of Trump’s victory early Wednesday. 

President-elect Donald Trump said during the campaign that he was “running against the crooked media.” He referred to journalists as “dishonest,” “disgusting” and “scum.” But beyond the insults and the accusations of a conspiracy against him, Trump also raised the specter of concrete threats to the press.