Charles blow: "The press is the light that makes the roaches scatter"

[kpete]

Trump, Archenemy
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Charles M. Blow

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The press won’t pat Trump on his head and give him a gold star for the few things he gets right, and then turn a blind eye to the overwhelming majority of things he gets wrong.

That’s not how it works. That’s not how it has ever worked. Trump wants to brand the press as the enemy of the American people when the exact opposite is true: A free, fearless, adversarial, in-your-face press is the best friend a democracy can have.

The press is the light that makes the roaches scatter.

Remember this every time you hear Trump attack the press: Only people with something to hide need be afraid of those whose mission is to seek.



https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/opinion/trump-archenemy-of-truth.html

[PJMcK]

1. Good column

Thanks for posting the link, kpete.

Here's another great paragraph:

And yet, truth stands, rigid and sharp, unforgiving and unafraid. It is our only guard against tyranny and the brave men and women who labor away in its service are nothing short of patriots and heroes.