US President Donald Trump calls US media ‘enemy of the American people’

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US President Donald Trump posted a tweet Friday calling the news media “the enemy of the American People,” (file photo)
US President Donald Trump is continuing his attacks on the country’s media, calling a number of news organizations the "enemy of the American people" in an extraordinary rebuke of the press.
"The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!" he wrote on Twitter posted on Friday.
Trump has repeatedly accused the political press of being deceitful. His latest tweet came one day after he held a press conference in the White House where he lambasted the media as “dishonest” and “fake news.”
"Many of our nation's reporters and folks will not tell you the truth. And will not treat the wonderful people of our country with the respect that they deserve," Trump said at Thursday's press conference.
"The press has become so dishonest that if we don't talk about it, we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people," he said.
“The public doesn’t believe you people anymore,” Trump added. “Now, maybe I had something to do with that. I don’t know. But they don’t believe you.”
US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on February 16, 2017, at the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP photo)
The Society of Professional Journalists condemned Trump's tweet. "An attack on a free press by a sitting US president is a slap in the face to democracy, our country's founders and the American people,” it wrote.
Veteran journalists say the language that Trump used on Friday is more typically used by leaders to refer to hostile foreign governments. It also echoed the language of autocrats who seek to curtail political opposition.
Historians pointed out similarities between Trump and former US President Richard Nixon, who in 1972 told his national security adviser, Henry A. Kissinger, “The press is the enemy.”
“Donald Trump is demonstrating an authoritarian attitude and inclination that shows no understanding of the role of the free press,” said Carl Bernstein, the journalist who helped uncover the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration.
Trump’s language “may be more insidious and dangerous than Richard Nixon’s attacks on the press,” Bernstein said.
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Jokpeme Joseph Omode stands as a prominent figure in contemporary journalism, embodying the spirit of a multifaceted storyteller who bridges history, poetry, and investigative reporting to champion social progress. As the Editor-in-Chief and CEO of Alexa News Network (Alexa.ng), Omode has transformed a digital platform into a vital voice for governance, education, youth empowerment, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development in Africa. His career, marked by over a decade of experience across media, public relations, brand strategy, and content creation, reflects a relentless commitment to using journalism as a tool for accountability and societal advancement.

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