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    350 newspapers unite, tell Trump journalists are not the enemy

    350 newspapers unite, tell Trump journalists are not the enemy

    POSTED 6:17 AM, AUGUST 16, 2018, BY SANDRA PHILLIPS, UPDATED AT 09:22AM, AUGUST 16, 2018


    WASHINGTON — About 350 newspapers all have one thing in common on Thursday: A statement supporting the free press and decrying President Trump’s attacks against the media.

    From The Martha’s Vineyard Times to the Dallas Morning News… from the Yankton County Observer in South Dakota to the Bangor Daily News in Maine… the papers are all running editorials as part of an effort first proposed by the Boston Globe earlier this month.


    “This whole project is not anti-Trump. It’s really pro-press,” The Globe’s editorial says.


    Each paper wrote its own editorial. The campaign is significant because it moves the conversation about Trump’s attacks out of Washington and New York and into communities across the country.


    Some of the participants are emphasizing the local nature of most news coverage, and saying Trump’s extreme rhetoric — labeling journalists “enemies of the people,” for instance — hurts everyone, not just the political reporters who enrage him the most.


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    In Belen, New Mexico, the Valencia County News-Bulletin wrote that “We are not the enemy; We are the people.”

    In Clinton, Arkansas, the Van Buren County Democrat said Trump’s “enemy” talk is disappointing: “Words, after all, matter — a point we prove every week. And those words, from that pulpit, are unacceptable and utterly, utterly, wrong.”


    In Athens, Ohio, the Athens News pointed out that local officials inspired by Trump are increasingly going “on the attack.”


    And the editorial in Benson, Minnesota’s Swift County Monitor News was titled “Attacks On Journalists Will Lead To Violence.”


    A handful of radio and TV stations are also airing editorials on Thursday. But the effort mostly involves newspapers with editorial pages.


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    At most papers, especially big dailies, the editorial page is a separate enterprise from the newsroom. Editorials typically reflect the opinion of the publisher, not necessarily the newsroom.

    But the campaign has garnered criticism from many Trump supporters, and from some media critics, because of the appearance of a coordinated attack.


    “It plays into Trump’s narrative that the media are aligned against him,” San Francisco Chronicle editorial page editor John Diaz wrote.


    Diaz predicted that Trump will call it “collusion” and “will attempt to cite this day of editorials to discredit critical and factual news stories in the future, even though no one involved in those pieces had anything to do with this campaign.”


    On Fox News, some of Trump’s boosters have already tried to do this.

    “We’re just defending the First Amendment and that shouldn’t be a controversial proposition,” Pritchard said in response to the criticism about the campaign. “This is about the media’s role as a watchdog.”


    Journalists tend to be a snarky bunch, and some dismissed the chance of the editorials having much if any impact.


    John Podhoretz of Commentary magazine tweeted on Thursday morning, “Can you imagine anything more boring than reading 350 coordinated editorials? Signed, a former editorial page editor.”


    Perhaps. Or perhaps there is strength in numbers.


    Some of the local editorials tried to differentiate between opinion hosts on TV and just-the-facts reporters in the field.

    The Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota said its editorial doubled as a “call to stop lumping together as ‘the media’ both legitimate news-gatherers and those whose practice of propaganda is meant to mislead and misinform for self-serving purposes.”

    As a practical matter, Thursday’s editorials may be mostly preaching to the choir, reinforcing the positive feelings of already-loyal readers.


    New polling by Quinnipiac shows that most Americans, 65%, regard the news media as an important part of democracy, not an “enemy.” But 26% of respondents, including 51% of Republicans, sided with Trump’s “enemy” rhetoric.


    Press freedom groups have been sounding alarms about the threats posed by this dehumanizing language.


    But some of Trump’s supporters have cheered him on, arguing that the press is abusively biased against his presidency.


    The New York Times has a list of the participating papers and excerpts from some of the editorials.


    Criticizing the news media “is entirely right,” The Times said in its own editorial. 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.”


    In San Diego, the Union-Tribune paired its editorial with a full-page spread titled “How We Restore Faith in Journalism.”


    “Distrust is not easy to dismantle,” the editorial said. “But journalists at The San Diego Union-Tribune and nationwide will keep advocating for a free and fair press. With this president. And the next. And the next. And the next. And all who follow.”


    National outlets like The Atlantic also joined in the effort.

    “The press is neither the enemy of the people nor its ally, but rather its possession,” The Atlantic wrote in a piece titled “The Freedom of the Press is Yours.”

    In the days leading up to Thursday’s coordinated effort, Pritchard said it was key that each paper wrote its own message.


    “The impact of Trump’s assault on journalism looks different in Boise than it does in Boston,” she wrote in the pitch to other papers. “Our words will differ. But at least we can agree that such attacks are alarming.”

    https://fox5sandiego.com/2018/08/16/...not-the-enemy/


    About 350 newspapers in the United States will have editorials Thursday decrying President Donald Trump’s description of the media as the “enemy of the people.”

    Here are some of the newspapers blasting Trump’s anti-press rhetoric.


    Ames Tribune
    Freedom of the press, our democracy, at risk under Trump

    Athens News
    In attacking journalists, Trump damages all Americans

    The Altamont Enterprise
    Journalism needs a champion — you

    The Atlantic City Weekly
    Joining in solidarity with the Boston Globe, others

    Athol Daily news
    Trump’s media attacks are dangerous

    Austin American-Statesman
    Journalists are watchdog neighbors, not enemy of the people

    The Baltimore Sun
    News media won’t back down under pressure from president

    Bangor Daily News
    The media is the enemy only if you don’t want it to know what your government is doing

    The Berkshire Eagle
    Our Opinion: Trump’s assaults on press are assaults on democracy

    The Bismark Tribune
    We aren’t the ‘enemy’ when covering news

    The Boston Globe
    Journalists are not the enemy

    Boise Weekly
    No, we’re not your enemy. Never have been. Never will be

    Bozeman Daily Chronicle
    Journalists aren’t the enemy; we are you

    Cape Cod Chronicle
    Tarring one journalist or media outlet as an “enemy of the people” tars us all, because we are all trying to do the same thing: report the facts.

    The Chicago Sun-Times
    This newspaper is the ‘enemy’ of all that hurts ‘the people’

    The Chicago Tribune
    Mr. President: We aren’t enemies of the people. We’re a check on government

    The Chronicle-Express
    We are not the enemy of the people

    The Commons
    Make no mistake: This attack on our free press — your free press — is deliberate and calculated

    The Chagrin Valley Times
    Local news is real

    The Chronicle
    The media are not the enemy

    The Columbian-Progress
    The ultimate friend of the people

    The Daily Free Press
    Journalists are not the ‘enemy of the people,’ they are the people

    Dallas Morning News
    We the people hold our elected officials accountable

    Daily Herald
    In midst of assaults, we must defend principles of First Amendment

    Daily Hampshire Gazette
    Journalists performing public service are not the enemy

    Deadline Detroit
    We stand with our US colleagues against ‘Fake News’ claims

    The Denver Post
    We are simply standing up for what we believe in as journalists

    Des Moines Register
    Media are not the enemy of the people; a free press is critical to democracy

    Duluth News Tribune
    Free press — our protection from tyranny

    The Delaware County Daily Times
    President Trump, we are not the enemy of the people

    The Daily Item
    This just in: We are not the enemy

    El Diario
    Defendemos la libertad de prensa

    The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
    Phrases damaging for free press

    The Elizabethtown Advocate
    We need Freedom of the Press, Not Freedom in Name Only

    The Ellwood City Ledger
    Ledger joins nationwide call to action to defend attacks on journalists as ‘enemy of the American people’

    Examiner Media
    Newsprint Tariffs and Fake News Mantra a Threat to Democracy

    Falls City Journal
    ‘We are not the enemy, we are your peers, friends, and neighbors.’

    Fayetteville Observer
    Our View: ‘Fake news’ and all the president’s taunts

    The Ferndale Enterprise
    Editorial: Way ahead of the curve

    The Forward
    Why an independent press matters to American Jews

    Fresno Bee
    The Fresno Bee is not the enemy. We are Americans, and part of the Valley, like you

    The Freeman Courier
    ‘Enemy of the people’ rhetoric damaging

    The Grand Forks Herald
    This is not fake news

    Hartford Courant
    Editorial: The President Wants You To Think We’re The Enemy. Here’s What We Really Do

    Hillsboro Free Press
    Discrediting media a dangerous plan

    Hays Free Press
    We are the people

    Hillsboro Tribune
    The news isn’t ‘fake’ just because you see things differently

    Idyllwild Town Crier
    Out Loud: Fake news, American institutions, and the presidency

    Journal Star
    President Trump’s attacks on the press must stop

    The Kansas City Star
    President Trump, we’re not ‘enemies of the people.’ End your war on our free press

    The Lakeville Journal
    Perspective on truth, lies, respect and hate

    Manchester Journal
    Press freedom is a Vermont value

    McClatchy
    President Trump, we’re not ‘enemies of the people.’ End your war on our free press

    Miami Herald
    Trump, we’re not ‘enemies of the people.’ End your war on our free press

    Mercury News
    Editorial: President Trump, we are not the nation’s enemy

    The New York Times
    A Free Press Needs You

    New York Post
    Hate the press all you want — we’ll keep reporting

    News and Tribune
    We are defined by purpose, not the president

    News Herald
    The First Amendment is first in line for a reason

    Omaha World-Herald
    Omaha World-Herald remains committed to our community and state

    Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel
    President Trump, the press isn’t the ‘enemy’ — it’s America’s watchdog

    The Orange County Register
    The president’s dangerous dubbing of media as America’s enemy

    Panama City News Herald
    We are your defense

    The Post-Standard
    Journalists are not the ‘enemy of the people’

    The Plymouth Review
    This dirty war against the press must end

    The Providence Journal
    Trump attacks the messenger

    The Philadelphia Inquirer
    Stop the war on a free press

    Queens Courier and the Ridgewood Times
    Stop attacking the press! Remember the First Amendment of our Constitution

    The Register-Mail
    We believe in power of good journalism

    The Ripon Commonwealth Press
    One thing worse than the ‘enemies of the American people’ …

    Real Change News
    There has never been a more critical time to engage in free speech

    The San Diego Union-Tribune
    How we restore faith in journalism

    The Sag Harbor Express
    We Are the People

    The Seward County Independent
    Trump’s attacks on media unfair

    Sentinel of Gloucester County
    Call for action to protect the freedom of the press

    The Sun Chronicle
    Sun Chronicle joins others in emphasizing importance of free press

    Swift County Monitor-News
    Attacks on journalists will lead to violence

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Stand in defense of the truth. Don’t let Trump label journalists as “the enemy”

    The Star Democrat
    Trump is the source, not subject, of fake news

    Sun Sentinel
    President Trump, the press isn’t the ‘enemy’ — it’s America’s watchdog

    Swift County Monitor-News
    Attacks on journalists will lead to violence

    The Slo Tribune
    We’re not your enemy. We’re journalists who cover the real news of SLO County

    Society of Professional Journalists
    The press isn’t “fake

    The Star News
    Trump’s attacks on press go too far

    The Star Democrat
    Your local newspaper is your neighbor

    The Swellesley Report
    What’s important about this isn’t so much what we do, it’s that we can do it

    Tampa Bay Times
    Journalists are friends of democracy, not the enemy

    The Tribune
    We’re not your enemy. We’re journalists who cover the real news of SLO County

    Toledo Blade
    No more enemies

    The Topeka Capital-Journal
    Press isn’t ‘enemy of the people’

    Tri-City Herald
    President Trump, we’re not ‘enemies of the people.’ End your war on our free press

    Valencia County News Bulletin
    We are not the enemy; We are the people

    Van Buren County Democrat
    Friends like these

    Whitman-Hanson Express
    We stand for press freedom
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    jour·nal·ist

    ˈjərn(ə)ləst/
    noun
    plural noun: journalists


    • a person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or prepares news to be broadcast.

    • synonyms: reporter, correspondent, columnist, writer, commentator, reviewer; More

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