Newspaper calls for war of words against Trump media attacks

By News on the Net -- Yahoo —— Bio and Archives August 10, 2018

Comments | Print This | Subscribe | Email Us

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston newspaper is proposing a coordinated editorial response from publications across the U.S. to President Donald Trump's frequent attacks on the news media. "We are not the enemy of the people," said Marjorie Pritchard, deputy managing editor for the editorial page of The Boston Globe, referring to a characterization of journalists that Trump has used in the past. The president, who contends he has largely been covered unfairly by the press, also employs the term "fake news" often when describing the media. -- More....