Over 300 newspapers decided to join forces and attack the President of the United States today. They are angry that he keeps calling them out as liars.
AFP:
US newspapers big and small hit back Thursday at Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on the news media with a coordinated campaign of editorials, triggering a fresh tirade from the president on Twitter.
Leading the charge was The Boston Globe, which had called for the drive highlighting the importance of a free press, accompanied by the hashtag #EnemyOfNone.
More than 300 newspapers around the country joined the effort.
“Today in the United States we have a president who has created a mantra that members of the media who do not blatantly support the policies of the current US administration are the ‘enemy of the people,'” the Globe editorial said.
“This is one of the many lies that have been thrown out by this president, much like an old-time charlatan threw out ‘magic’ dust or water on a hopeful crowd,” it added in a piece entitled “Journalists are not the Enemy.”
The press is falsely claiming that Trump is against a free press simply because he refutes the lies that they spread about him. Trump has said over and over again that he is for a free press, he’s just not for a press that lies and pushes propaganda harmful to America. And he has every right to defend himself when lies are being spread about him. It’s that simple. A free press does not mean a press that can’t be criticized.
THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS THE OPPOSITION PARTY. It is very bad for our Great Country….BUT WE ARE WINNING!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2018
The Boston Globe, which was sold to the the Failing New York Times for 1.3 BILLION DOLLARS (plus 800 million dollars in losses & investment), or 2.1 BILLION DOLLARS, was then sold by the Times for 1 DOLLAR. Now the Globe is in COLLUSION with other papers on free press. PROVE IT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2018
There is nothing that I would want more for our Country than true FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. The fact is that the Press is FREE to write and say anything it wants, but much of what it says is FAKE NEWS, pushing a political agenda or just plain trying to hurt people. HONESTY WINS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2018
These people in the media think that they are far more important than they actually are. The job of a journalist is supposed to be simple. You report who, what, when, why and how. They’ve become incapable of doing this as evidenced by their obsession with conspiracy theories about Russia and other non-substantive stories.
If the media actually tried being fair and reported the truth, they wouldn’t have to worry about being labeled an enemy by Trump. They however seem incapable of doing this. When 90 percent of media coverage is negative towards a political figure, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that the coverage is unfair.
