From @gwcommonwealth: “The “enemy of the people,” if there is one, are those who would try to make it tougher for the press to do one of its most essential jobs.” http://www.gwcommonwealth.com/opinion/editorials/article_69414cf0-a0ec-11e8-a971-239582579aa7.html …
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@NashuaTelegraph: “Freedom of press was and should remain nonpartisan.” http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/opinion/editorials/2018/08/16/free-press-imperative/ …Show this thread -
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@SeacoastOnline: “As the president and press corps battle it out on the national stage, we remain deeply committed to the mission of our news organization, which like real estate, is local, local, local.”http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20180815/editorial-president-and-press …Show this thread -
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@UnionLeader: “We think it is Donald Trump himself, not his administration, who regularly and recklessly attacks the free press.” http://www.unionleader.com/article/20180812/OPINION01/180819945 …Show this thread -
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@ACWeekly: “For President Donald Trump to impugn the media with daily, even hourly, attacks from television to Twitter does not merely damage our media, it hurts us all.”https://www.atlanticcityweekly.com/arts_and_entertainment/joining-in-solidarity-with-the-boston-globe-others/article_9362ee11-976e-5b40-aa5b-83c65c730ab2.html …Show this thread -
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@INSIDER__NJ: “President Donald Trump’s false premise of “fake news” aims to undermine freedom of thought, debate and democratic principles, the hallmarks of a despot.”https://www.insidernj.com/insidernj-editorial-stand-craven-attacks-trump-free-press/ …Show this thread -
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@jerseyjournal: “With every attack on the press that comes out of our commander-in-chief's mouth or Twitter finger, President Trump is, in fact, attacking America.”https://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2018/08/attack_on_the_press_is_an_attack_on_america_jersey.html#incart_2box_hudson …Show this thread -
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@JeffersonChron: “We believe this attack against the press has the propensity not only to turn into another historical misstep, but also to loosen a brick in the foundation of our democracy.”http://www.thejeffersonchronicle.com/met-enemy-not-us/ …Show this thread -
From The Sentinel of Gloucester County: “I have been a reporter almost twenty years and just like all Americans have seen the lack of respect for one another in this country continue to grow like a festering boil.”http://thenjsentinel.com/call-for-action-to-protect-the-freedom-of-the-press/ …
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@Trentonian: “Sounding eerily like strong-arm dictators all over the world, undermining the free press is a distinctly un-American message for someone with such patriotic branding.”http://www.trentonian.com/opinion/20180815/editorial-information-is-critical-to-keep-a-free-society-free …Show this thread -
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@ABQJournal: “We will be a nation in peril until we, as citizens, come to terms with the fact that alternate facts are dangerous because they warp reality.”https://www.abqjournal.com/1209434/editorial-a-check-on-power.html …Show this thread -
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@ladailypost: “The time has come for us to stand up to the bullying. The role journalism plays in our free society is too crucial to allow this degradation to continue.”https://www.ladailypost.com/content/newspapers-across-america-speak-out-one-voice-today-against-attacks-press …Show this thread -
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@thenewmexican: “Before it is too late, we urge our fellow citizens — especially the ones who voted for Trump — to push back. Tell President Trump that journalists are not the enemy.”http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/editorials/here-since-the-beginning-a-free-press/article_a79ad49c-7815-50db-8d43-220193610847.html …Show this thread -
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@RDRNews: “Journalists have a set ethics just like other professions and they are not the enemy of the people. Newspapers are the people and we write for the people.” https://www.rdrnews.com/2018/08/15/erosion-of-trust-in-media-damages-democracy/ …Show this thread -
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@taosnews: “Local community newspapers, such as The Taos News, are not the public's enemy. The news they print is not fake.” https://www.taosnews.com/stories/editorial-defending-free-press,51125 …?Show this thread -
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@VCNewsBulletin: “We are always by your side. We shop the same stores, attend the same churches and hike the same trails.” http://www.news-bulletin.com/opinion/editorials/we-are-not-the-enemy-we-are-the-people/article_db203ace-a0b6-11e8-a92c-1fa65352a2a2.html …Show this thread -
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@PennYanNYnews: “Our work is a labor of love because we love our country and believe we are playing a vital role in our democracy.”http://www.chronicle-express.com/opinion/20180816/editorial-we-are-not-enemy-of-people …Show this thread -
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@ExaminerMedia: “Citizens from across the country, of all political stripes, must stand against the systematic attacks on journalism and journalists.” https://www.theexaminernews.com/newsprint-tariffs-and-fake-news-mantra-a-threat-to-democracy/ …Show this thread -
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@fltimes: “Two things need to be said right off the bat. Nothing in today’s newspaper is fake. And we are not the enemy of the people; we are the people.”http://www.fltimes.com/opinion/our-opinion-a-free-press-is-not-the-enemy/article_7489ef02-f061-5cf6-adb8-50b87e39acaa.html …Show this thread -
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@gcnewsny: “With cries of ‘Fake News’ and suggestions that supporters assault reporters during rallies, President Trump has taken our country down a road we should be very afraid of.”https://www.gcnews.com/articles/a-word-from-the-publisher-649/ …Show this thread -
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@WDTnews: “The repeated attacks that President Donald Trump makes on the news industry threaten an essential pillar of American democracy.”http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/opinion/pressing-back-on-trump-attacking-journalists-hurts-ability-to-hold-officials-accountable-20180816?utm_source=PLREaZ&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=wdt.me&utm_content= …Show this thread -
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@NYDailyNews: “Cut it out, Mr. President: Stop vilifying the news media.”http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-cut-it-out-mr-president-20180815-story.html …Show this thread -
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@nytimes: “A free press needs you.”https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/15/opinion/editorials/free-press-local-journalism-news-donald-trump.html …Show this thread -
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@qns &@ridgewoodtimes: “There’s nothing fake about the real threat that Donald Trump poses to the freedom of the press in this country.”https://qns.com/story/2018/08/16/hey-trump-not-enemy-editorial-freepress/ …Show this thread -
From Rochester City News: “President Trump's incendiary attacks on the press have become so frequent, and so severe, that they should disturb all Americans, whatever their political leaning.”https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/trump-democracy-and-freedom-of-the-press/Content?oid=7596083 …
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@theAEnews: “Journalism needs a champion — you.”https://altamontenterprise.com/08152018/journalism-needs-champion-you …Show this thread -
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@hechingerreport: “President Trump has called the media the ‘enemy of the people,’ but we're here to tell you we're far from it.” https://mailchi.mp/hechingerreport.org/congress-shall-make-no-law?e=1ff867368d …Show this thread -
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@lohud: “Let's reaffirm the pivotal, undeniable role of a#FreePress.”https://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/perspective/2018/08/16/lets-reaffirm-pivotal-undeniable-role-free-press/991053002/ …Show this thread -
From The Press News Group: “If the public can be convinced that journalists are no longer seeking truth, but are mere foot soldiers or ringleaders for political ideologies, it shakes the foundation of the free press.” http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Southampton/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=SPE%2F2018%2F08%2F16&id=Ar01000&sk=2FF3B395 …
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@sagharboronline: “Our work is guided by a set of principles that demand objectivity, independence, open-mindedness and the pursuit of the truth.”https://sagharborexpress.com/editorial-we-are-the-people-2/ …Show this thread -
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@recordonline: “If the press isn’t free, neither are the people.”http://www.recordonline.com/opinion/20180815/editorial-if-press-isnt-free-neither-are-people …Show this thread - 96 more replies
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