Trump Issues Fiery Response to Coordinated Attack from 300 Newspapers
By Joe Saunders
August 16, 2018 at 8:50am

On a day when more than 300 newspapers published editorials attacking President Donald Trump's constant friction with the nation's news media, Trump made it clear he wasn't backing down.

In a Twitter post published early Thursday, just as newspaper print editions were hitting the streets in the east, Trump denounced his worst critics in the media as tools of the Democrat Party.

"THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS THE OPPOSITION PARTY. It is very bad for our Great Country….BUT WE ARE WINNING!," Trump wrote in the tweet.

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THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS THE OPPOSITION PARTY. It is very bad for our Great Country....BUT WE ARE WINNING!

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Trump critics will read that wording as a blanket attack on the nation's press. But as Trump made clear in follow up tweets, he was not taking on the First Amendment.

He has been in a constant struggle – from even before he won the election – with a segment of the media that could not abide the thought of Hillary Clinton losing in 2016.

His perennial targets are the likes of CNN and MSNBC, of course, but on Thursday, Trump singled out The Boston Globe, the lead organizer of Thursday's mass editorial stance, for his criticism.

"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," Trump wrote. "Now the Globe is in COLLUSION with other papers on free press. PROVE IT!

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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!

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Then he got to the real heart of the matter, which is that what Trump critics call a "free press" today is little more than an attack machine for the Democrat Party — what he calls "fake news." Anyone who remembers the mainstream media's coverage of the Obama administration and can compare it to the constant warfare of Trump's time in office can see his point.

"There is nothing that I would want more for our Country than true FREEDOM OF THE PRESS," he wrote. "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!"

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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!

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Naturally, editors of the newspapers that took part in Thursday's mass denunciation of the Trump White House see it differently. There were more than 300 newspapers involved, according to CNBC.

In its editorial, published under the headline "A Free Press Needs You," The New York Times acknowledged that reporters and editors can make mistakes, but insisted that Trump's words pose the real danger:

"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."

Thursday's editorial broadside on a national scale, and Trump's fiery response, signal this conflict has no end in sight.

We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Read our editorial standards.

https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-issues-fiery-response-coordinated-attack-300-newspapers/

These incessants attacks especially from CNN is going to make him win the next general election. Even if the GOP doesn't do well in the coming mid-term elections, Trump just need to play the victim card to win the undecided voters

godfatherx:


These incessants attacks especially from CNN is going to make him win the next general election. Even if the GOP doesn't do well in the coming mid-term elections, Trump just need to play the victim card to win the undecided voters

The truth is that the populace are now seeing the media for who they really are. The pretence that they are free and fair has been shown to be fake, all Trump needs to do is to ride on the crest of this wind to his second term Presidential election win.

Carry on Donald Trump;

They shall surely gather, but not by u... Whosoever shall gather together against u, Shall Fall for your sake....

"A Thousand shall fall at thy side and Reb thousands at thy Right hand, but it shall not come near you...

THE GOD OF ISREAL IS WITH U..
Carry on President Trump

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Carry on Donald Trump;

They shall surely gather, but not by u... Whosoever shall gather together against u, Shall Fall for your sake....

"A Thousand shall fall at thy side and Reb thousands at thy Right hand, but it shall not come near you...

THE GOD OF ISREAL IS WITH U..
Carry on President Trump

Keep hallucinating.

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Carry on Donald Trump;

They shall surely gather, but not by u... Whosoever shall gather together against u, Shall Fall for your sake....

"A Thousand shall fall at thy side and Reb thousands at thy Right hand, but it shall not come near you...

THE GOD OF ISREAL IS WITH U..
Carry on President Trump

This delusion is so cringey, so Donald Trump is the best person God could find to be the President? LMFAO!

LordReed:


This delusion is so cringey, so Donald Trump is the best person God could find to be the President? LMFAO!

If you know GOD , u won't say this...
If u know GOD you praise GOD for HIS intervention in The USA...

GOD does not Work with the best , HE Works with those who are Willing

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Carry on Donald Trump;

They shall surely gather, but not by u... Whosoever shall gather together against u, Shall Fall for your sake....

"A Thousand shall fall at thy side and Reb thousands at thy Right hand, but it shall not come near you...

THE GOD OF ISREAL IS WITH U..
Carry on President Trump

Trump is a true man anointed by the Most High for His purposes..

He will demonstrate Gods true power and kill and destroy all minorities, the weak and those who speak against Him.

Trump, we hail you!!

Lucasbalo:
Keep hallucinating.

abbey the guy comment really pain you

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abbey the guy comment really pain you

We don't practice Brown Envelop journalism in America unlike some country I won't mention. How will a guy who's got no knowledge about the happenings in developed world bothers me. He should face the woes of the inept and corrupt leaders destroying Nigeria first.

I am very happy Trump got elected as Amerika's President because:

1.) The world would have ended in nuclear ashes if Killary Clinton had won.

2.) Trump takes his orders from Moscow.

3.) Trump is going to help us kill the Petro-Dollar sooner than we had anticipated.

4.) Trump is going to help us cause internal confusion & aggression that will lead to civil war, followed almost immediately by the balkanization of Amerika into Russian, Chinese, Iranian, North Korean, Iraqi & Syrian colonies.

5.) Trump is the last Amerikan President.

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If you know GOD , u won't say this...
If u know GOD you praise GOD for HIS intervention in The USA...

GOD does not Work with the best , HE Works with those who are Willing

Willing to call people dogs? Willing to lie about their adultery? Wow God really chooses the best like Trump does. LoL

LordReed:


Willing to call people dogs? Willing to lie about their adultery? Wow God really chooses the best like Trump does. LoL

He who has not sinned should cast the first Stone...

Donald Trump of Today is the Hand of GOD in the Affairs of Men....
He may not be a Saint but He is doing what GOD wants for America.

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He who has not sinned should cast the first Stone...

Donald Trump of Today is the Hand of GOD in the Affairs of Men....
He may not be a Saint but He is doing what GOD wants for America.

Yes I remember how Paul after he became called of God went about insulting everyone who did him wrong. Or John in the Bible saying curse your enemies that will show them you are of God.