The press was respected, largely, until Donald Trump came into office. One of the bastions of freedom is a free and independent press, one that doesn't have to be answerable to the president. If President Trump can get us to not listen to it, and to only listen to news sources friendly to him, he will have destroyed one of the foundations of a free country, one of the institutions upon which our country was founded.
I believe only about 50 percent of Americans trust the press today. So, he is well along in achieving the goal.
Yes, there has always been a questioning of the press, but it was nowhere near -- nowhere near -- what it has become since the president took office. People actually admired the press before Trump. They lauded it as one of the great American foundations of our nation.
Then, Trump came along.
An enemy from within has done this.
If you do not adore, honor, and laud the president, he wants you out of there. And, that attitude carries over to his treatment of the press.
Some may say the media is always asking negative questions, always looking for something negative to say. But, one of the needs of a free society is a press that will question the government.
Yes, President Trump should have the right to fire back at the media. Ye, he has that right. The problem comes when he convinces the nation that the press is being unfair to him. When the nation no longer believes someone has the right to question government, that doesn't speak well of where the nation is headed.
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