All posts tagged "free press"
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Fake News
Trump Urges Veterans To Ignore The Media: ‘What You’re Seeing Is Not What’s Happening…Just Stick With Us’
July 24, 2018In a speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention on Tuesday, President Trump warned...
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Authoritarianism
Trump Vows To Hold Second Putin Meeting, Attacks Journalists As ‘The Real Enemy Of The People’
July 19, 2018President Trump on Thursday attacked the American news media as “the real enemy of the people”...
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Authoritarianism
Trump Showers Praise On Putin Before Attacking Reporters Days After Newsroom Massacre: ‘These Are Really Bad People’
July 5, 2018Just hours after newsrooms around the country held a moment of silence for the five Capital...
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NEWS
Trump Reverses Course After Massive Public Outcry, Will Lower Flags For Capital Gazette Victims
July 3, 2018President Trump ordered American flags lowered to half-staff to honor the journalists killed in the Capital...
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Authoritarianism
CNN’s Jim Acosta Shouts At Trump: ‘Will You Stop Calling The Press The Enemy Of The People?’
June 29, 2018CNN reporter Jim Acosta attempted to ask President Trump on Friday whether he “will you stop...
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Authoritarianism
Trump Says Negative Media Coverage Of His Kim Jong-Un Summit Is ‘Almost Treasonous’
June 21, 2018In his latest authoritarian attack on the free press, President Trump said the “fake news” media’s...
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Authoritarianism
‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Author: While The US Isn’t Putting Reporters In Prison Yet, Trump’s Tactics Are ‘Dangerous’
May 23, 2018“The Handmaid’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood said at the PEN Literary Gala on Tuesday that the...
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Authoritarianism
White House Correspondents’ Association Condemns Trump’s Threat To ‘Take Away’ Reporters’ Credentials
May 9, 2018The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) fired back at President Trump after his latest attack on...
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Authoritarianism
Trump Instructs Latvian President Not To Call On American Reporters: ‘Real News, Not Fake News’
April 3, 2018President Trump during a press conference with Baltic leaders Tuesday mocked the American press as “fake...
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Fake News
Davos Audience Erupts In Loud Boos After Trump Attacks Media As Being ‘Nasty,’ ‘Vicious,’ And ‘Fake’
January 26, 2018The audience at a Q&A session with President Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos...
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Authoritarianism
In The Post, Hollywood Reminds Us What True News Should Look Like
January 25, 2018Denis Muller, University of Melbourne Thank God for the Americans! Strange words to be uttering at...
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Authoritarianism
McCain Blasts Trump’s Media Attacks, Calls On Congress To Protect Journalists Worldwide
January 16, 2018Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday blasted President Trump’s “unrelenting attacks” on the media, and called on Congress to...
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Authoritarianism
Committee To Protect Journalists Names Trump Top Global ‘Press Oppressor’
January 8, 2018The Committee to Protect Journalists named President Trump as the winner of its “Overall Achievement in Undermining...
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DEMOCRACY
Oprah Winfrey Delivers Impassioned Golden Globes Speech Praising Women And The Free Press
January 7, 2018In a profoundly inspiring acceptance speech for the Cecil B. Demille Award at the 2018 Golden...