Trump is wrong; the news media is #NotTheEnemy

Trump is wrong; the news media is #NotTheEnemy

Troy Media

CALGARY, Alta.–It was a swift, and effective blow that struck at the heart of the very belief system and raison d’être of journalists everywhere.

When Donald Trump sent his now infamous Twitter missile late last week (see below) falsely proclaiming the news media as “the enemy of the American People,” he surely knew the reaction he would elicit.

Given that the very mandate and purpose of journalism in a democracy is to serve the public interest – meaning the citizenry, and what impacts them – by seeking truth, making sense of what’s happening in the world, and holding the powerful to account – he surely knew how deep the blow would strike. And usually, when someone picks a fight – particularly with a potentially deadly weapon, as Trump’s words are – the other side engages and fights back.

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