Merkel Pushes Back on Trump's Media Attacks, Calls for 'Respect'

[highplainsdem]

Source: Bloomberg

German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed respect for the media in a pointed contrast to U.S. President Donald Trump, whose latest Twitter blast labeled mainstream outlets “the enemy of the American people.”

“I stand by a free and independent press and have great respect for journalists,” Merkel said at an international security conference in Munich with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in the audience. “We’ve always done well in Germany when we mutually respect each other.”

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Merkel was answering a question by a German journalist about her view of the quality of U.S. newspaper reporting, not Trump’s comments. She responded with a commitment to press freedom in Germany -- an element of the nation’s revival of democracy under American-led tutelage after World War II.

“If there are differences of opinion, then we discuss it, but we accept press freedom as a great pillar of democracy,” she said.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-18/merkel-pushes-back-on-trump-s-media-attacks-calls-for-respect

[lark]

1. That's the difference, all right.

Germany values deomoracy, while drumpf loves dictators and will be one if allowed to stay in office, Vlad promised.

[dalton99a]

2. The world knows we have a fascist Russian traitor as president.

[DK504]

3. Some may not agree with her politics,

but her commitment to America as an ally can not be questioned. She is working along side all other allies that the truth be told. Europe of all nations what a viable threat Russia is to the world.

[JudyM]

4. Tell her to talk to Harry Reid. He needs a lecture on the subject.