The media is still using 19th century tactics. What we now call 'fake news.' They are laying off employees and losing
their audience. And they still believe what they are doing is right for our country.
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.
HOW AMERICA’S 4TH ESTATE BECAME A 5TH COLUMN
Under 4 minute video.
No telling how long it will take the Google/YouTube Gestapo to find this and pull it so act quickly!
https://youtu.be/RMaEun1tcJA
5 MINUTE VIDEO
THE PRINT MEDIA WAR ON TRUMP MIRRORS THE ELECTRONIC WAR.
https://youtu.be/sPtPhb3ZYiQ
Media organizations plan coordinated attack against the Trump administration
So.... nothing new then.
The media is still using 19th century tactics. What we now call 'fake news.' They are laying off employees and losing
their audience. And they still believe what they are doing is right for our country.
in other words, they plan to carry on as usual.
President Trump IS NOT ALONE:
18 Apr 2016: NBC: Bad News: Just 6 Percent of People Say They Trust the Media
by Associated Press
Just 6 percent of people say they have a lot of confidence in the media, putting the news industry about equal to Congress and well below the public’s view of other institutions. In this presidential campaign year, Democrats were more likely to trust the news media than Republicans or independents...
Faced with ever-increasing sources of information, Americans also are more likely to rely on news that is up-to-date, concise and cites expert sources or documents, according to a study by the Media Insight Project, a partnership of The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the American Press Institute...
The poll shows that accuracy clearly is the most important component of trust...
The news media have been hit by a series of blunders on high-profile stories...
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/bad-news-just-6-percent-people-say-they-trust-media-n557591
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