Posted on 08/11/2018 7:50:07 AM PDT by TBP
The Boston Globe is spearheading a coordinated effort to fight back against President Donald Trump’s “dirty war against the free press,” according to the Associated Press.
After Trump’s repeated criticisms of the “fake news” media, including calling the media the “enemy of the people,” the Globe is calling for other newspapers to publish editorials denouncing Trump’s attacks on Aug. 16.
“The Fake News hates me saying that they are the Enemy of the People only because they know it’s TRUE,” Trump wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “I am providing a great service by explaining this to the American People. They purposely cause great division & distrust. They can also cause War! They are very dangerous & sick!”
In the appeal to other papers, the Globe encouraged outlets to be unique in their attacks on Trump, saying “Our words will differ. But at least we can agree that such attacks are alarming.”
Who will participate? The Globe has not detailed who it has reached out to for this effort, but Deputy Managing Editor Marjorie Pritchard said at least 70 newspapers, both large and small, have joined, including the Houston Chronicle, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Miami Herald, and Denver Post.
“I hope it would educate readers to realize that an attack on the First Amendment is unacceptable,” Pritchard said. “We are a free and independent press, it is one of the most sacred principles enshrined in the Constitution.”
Escalating feud The conflict between Trump and the mainstream media has steadily escalated from the 2016 campaign through the beginning of the president’s first term.
Media outlets and personalities are showing signs that the constant attacks are wearing on them, leading to more aggressive and emotional reactions.
When people attending a Trump rally in Tampa, Florida booed Jim Acosta and CNN, members of the media, especially Acosta, reacted (and sometimes overreacted) severely.
Acosta demanded that Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders declare that the media are not the enemy of the people, and walked out of the briefing when she refused to do so.
“Sarah Sanders was repeatedly given a chance to say the press is not the enemy and she wouldn’t do it. Shameful,” Acosta tweeted afterward.
Trump has referred to media as “the enemy of the American people” since early last year, when he called out The New York Times, NBC News, ABC, CBS, and CNN.
“The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” Trump tweeted in February 2017.
The MSM is the Propaganda Arm of the Demount Party
Enemy of the people.
“Planning”???!
WTF have they been “EXECUTING” for nearly 3 years?
they never cease to amaze
So, its business as usual.
Trump isn't attacking the 1A, but the Fake News people wan't everyone to think that. Also, you are not a "free and independent press" if you are attached to the Dem Party at the hip....
IOW, SSDD.
The media doesn’t know what a dirty war is. A dirty war would include reporters being picked up and tortured or disappeared, media offices firebombed, or closed by government order, assets seized, etc.
They’re just openly admitting to what they’ve been doing for years to Republicans, starting with President Nixon.
Idiots.
Some media?
The president has free speech rights too. They’d deny him what they demand for themselves. Hypocrits.
Good idear. EVERYBODY takes heed of lsm editorials. Bwahahaha!
Same BS,
Different day,
Media.
“The Fake News hates me saying that they are the Enemy of the People only because they know it’s TRUE,”
1987, Mike Wallace and Peter Jennings say they are journalists first, and Americans second and would NOT warn US troops of an impending attack if they knew of it from enemy sources. Film the carnage and report because that is the “impartial” job of a journalist.
Except these lying Communists refuse to report on Obama and Clintons’ abuses of power and harm to national security.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGg_dpGhlf0
Jennings & Wallace, reporters first, Americans second
Jennings flips his position by the end of the clip and agrees with Mike Wallace.
By the way, what will change?
Boycott them and counter-attack!!
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