{
  "id": 3711143,
  "title": "Roy Cohn, Robert Mapplethorpe and a Trump-Era Dilemma Over Free Speech",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/roy-cohn-robert-mapplethorpe-and-a-trump-era-dilemma-over-free-speech",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-27T09:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NYT Arts",
    "slug": "nyt-arts",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/business/media/roy-cohn-robert-mapplethorpe-american-scoundrel.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When a respected biographer tried to use a Mapplethorpe photograph of Roy Cohn for a book cover, worries about the wrath of Mr. Cohn’s protégé, President Trump, intervened.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}