Donald Trump Takes A Page From The Autocrat’s Media Playbook
Donald Trumps attacks on the press has drawn comparisons to Russias Vladimir Putin and Turkeys Tayyip Erdoğan.
On Monday evening, Reporters Without Borders issued a statement that strongly and unequivocally condemns this latest act of hostility toward the press as a serious violation of press freedom.
This latest infringement of press freedom didnt take place in Russia, Turkey, or Ecuador, countries with autocratic leaders whose hostility toward the the media usually prompts such condemnations from international advocacy groups. It happened in the United States.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced Monday afternoon on Facebook that his campaign was revoking The Washington Posts press credentials after the paper, briefly, published a headline online that he considered unfair.
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