More than 300 newspapers push back at the Twitler regime — claim they are not the enemy of the people.

Trump’s response? Fake News.

Of course it is.

https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/15/med...ump/index.html

Coast to coast, and in between, local news is standing up to Trump's press attacks

About 350 newspapers all have one thing in common on Thursday: A statement supporting the free press and decrying President Trump's attacks against the media.

From The Martha's Vineyard Times to the Dallas Morning News... from the Yankton County Observer in South Dakota to the Bangor Daily News in Maine... the papers are all running editorials as part of an effort first proposed by the Boston Globe earlier this month.
"This whole project is not anti-Trump. It's really pro-press," The Globe's editorial says.

Each paper wrote its own editorial. The campaign is significant because it moves the conversation about Trump's attacks out of Washington and New York and into communities across the country.

Related: Kansas newspaper goes from endorsing Trump to
denouncing his attacks on the press

Some of the participants are emphasizing the local nature of most news coverage, and saying Trump's extreme rhetoric -- labeling journalists "enemies of the people," for instance -- hurts everyone, not just the political reporters who enrage him the most.

In Belen, New Mexico, the Valencia County News-Bulletin wrote that "We are not the enemy; We are the people."

In Clinton, Arkansas, the Van Buren County Democrat said Trump's "enemy" talk is disappointing: "Words, after all, matter -- a point we prove every week. And those words, from that pulpit, are unacceptable and utterly, utterly, wrong."

In Athens, Ohio, the Athens News pointed out that local officials inspired by Trump are increasingly going "on the attack."
And the editorial in Benson, Minnesota's Swift County Monitor News was titled "Attacks On Journalists Will Lead To Violence."

A handful of radio and TV stations are also airing editorials on Thursday. But the effort mostly involves newspapers with editorial pages.

At most papers, especially big dailies, the editorial page is a separate enterprise from the newsroom. Editorials typically reflect the opinion of the publisher, not necessarily the newsroom.

But the campaign has garnered criticism from many Trump supporters, and from some media critics, because of the appearance of a coordinated attack.

"It plays into Trump's narrative that the media are aligned against him," San Francisco Chronicle editorial page editor John Diaz wrote.
Diaz predicted that Trump will call it "collusion" and "will attempt to cite this day of editorials to discredit critical and factual news stories in the future, even though no one involved in those pieces had anything to do with this campaign."

On Fox News, some of Trump's boosters have already tried to do this.
"We're just defending the First Amendment and that shouldn't be a controversial proposition," Pritchard said in response to the criticism about the campaign. "This is about the media's role as a watchdog."

Journalists tend to be a snarky bunch, and some dismissed the chance of the editorials having much if any impact.

John Podhoretz of Commentary magazine tweeted on Thursday morning, "Can you imagine anything more boring than reading 350 coordinated editorials? Signed, a former editorial page editor."

Perhaps. Or perhaps there is strength in numbers.

Some of the local editorials tried to differentiate between opinion hosts on TV and just-the-facts reporters in the field.

The Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota said its editorial doubled as a "call to stop lumping together as 'the media' both legitimate news-gatherers and those whose practice of propaganda is meant to mislead and misinform for self-serving purposes."

As a practical matter, Thursday's editorials may be mostly preaching to the choir, reinforcing the positive feelings of already-loyal readers.
New polling by Quinnipiac shows that most Americans, 65%, regard the news media as an important part of democracy, not an "enemy." But 26% of respondents, including 51% of Republicans, sided with Trump's "enemy" rhetoric.

Press freedom groups have been sounding alarms about the threats posed by this dehumanizing language.

But some of Trump's supporters have cheered him on, arguing that the press is abusively biased against his presidency.

The New York Times has a list of the participating papers and excerpts from some of the editorials.

Criticizing the news media "is entirely right," The Times said in its own editorial. But "insisting that truths you don't like are 'fake news' is dangerous to the lifeblood of democracy. And calling journalists the 'enemy of the people' is dangerous, period."

In San Diego, the Union-Tribune paired its editorial with a full-page spread titled "How We Restore Faith in Journalism."
"Distrust is not easy to dismantle," the editorial said. "But journalists at

The San Diego Union-Tribune and nationwide will keep advocating for a free and fair press. With this president. And the next. And the next. And the next. And all who follow."

National outlets like The Atlantic also joined in the effort.
"The press is neither the enemy of the people nor its ally, but rather its possession," The Atlantic wrote in a piece titled "The Freedom of the Press is Yours."

In the days leading up to Thursday's coordinated effort, Pritchard said it was key that each paper wrote its own message.

"The impact of Trump's assault on journalism looks different in Boise than it does in Boston," she wrote in the pitch to other papers. "Our words will differ. But at least we can agree that such attacks are alarming."

AssUp still struggling with his mental defect.

But you can’t refute the store, can you LL?

So you, like the BLOATUS, go after the messenger.

You got nothing!

But you can’t refute the store, can you LL?

So you, like the BLOATUS, go after the messenger.

You got nothing! Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

The President made it clear that he only goes after TV news that do fake reporting.

Actually it is you that has nothing.

You never have and never will.

The President made it clear that he only goes after TV news that do fake reporting.

Actually it is you that has nothing.

You never have and never will. Originally Posted by TheDaliLama

AssUp has the contribution of a fart in a crowded elevator.

Hot, sinky, annoying air that contributes nothing but disruption.

That’s because he’s a fucking illiterate!

He’s already reacted to this. I can only imagine how many staffers he had to read these to him.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHS!!!!

These news outlets have become accustomed to making fake news and anti-western civilization stories for years without reprisal and they aren't too happy that the president and the people are starting to realize these news sources are garbage.

The President made it clear that he only goes after TV news that do fake reporting.

Actually it is you that has nothing.

You never have and never will. Originally Posted by TheDaliLama

Actually the President made it clear THIS MORNING, LL. So your post was, again, erroneous at best.

Here’s a story from a news source that the POTUS likely moves!

https://sputniknews.com/us/201808161...dia-fake-news/

Trump Responds to US Newspapers Protesting His Attacks on Media
16:29 16.08.2018(updated 17:39 16.08.2018)
US President Donald Trump has reacted to editorials published by hundreds of newspapers across the country, protesting against, what they called, his attacks on the free press.

WASHINGTON(Sputnik) — President Donald Trump called on Thursday the 'fake news media' the opposition.

"THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS THE OPPOSITION PARTY. It is very bad for our Great Country…. BUT WE ARE WINNING!" Trump said in a Twitter message.

Trump's comments came as nearly 200 newspapers across the United States published a coordinated series of editorials on Thursday to condemn Trump's attacks on the media.


Later on, the president posted a Twitter message attacking the Boston Globe for leading the effort, saying the Globe "is in collusion" with other papers.


​The US president added he wants nothing more than true freedom of the press in the United States, but while the press is able to write and say what it wants, it is pushing a political agenda of fake news and "just plain trying to hurt people."


​Previously, The Boston Globe said in its editorial that the ongoing confrontations between the White House and the media reached a high point when Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to disavow Trump's claims that the media is the "enemy" of the American people. The media has called on other media to join their movement, using the hashtag #EnemyOfNone

We are tired of fake news! Now with the internet, it's a lot easier for us to fact check, and mainstream media sources are full of shit!!!!!!

These news outlets have become accustomed to making fake news and anti-western civilization stories for years without reprisal and they aren't too happy that the president and the people are starting to realize these news sources are garbage. Originally Posted by Bill Duwall

So you’re talking about hundreds of the nation’s newspapers, including many of the oldest and most respected major dailies in the US?

That’s some dangerous talk there.

It’s a major contributing factor to how (Voldemort) came to power in (no offense) Nazi Germany.

We are tired of fake news! Now with the internet, it's a lot easier for us to fact check, and mainstream media sources are full of shit!!!!!! Originally Posted by Bill Duwall

Thanks “Bill.” I’d say that everyone is tired of it.

Keep surfing the Internet. You’ll find something that aligns with your particular (or is that peculiar) viewpoint.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

So you’re talking about most of the nation’s newspapers?

That’s some dangerous talk there.

It’s a major contributing factor to how (Voldemort) came to power in (no offense) Nazi Germany. Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

You know what's dangerous? Fake news. Journalists who make angels out of violent criminals, and demonize victims of violent criminals.

Nazi Germany was defending itself from parasites. The truth is a bit different from what is taught in schools and garbage Hollywood films.

So, they publish an article attacking the President to say they're not attacking the President.

Right

I thought the media was supposed to have a free, unbiased mind. So 300 outlets had to collude to say the same thing. Brilliant.

Trump will make a statement , then after the media reports it he will reverse what he said and call it fake news.