For News Media, a Day of Solidarity in a Summer of Unease

Aug 16, 2018 · 6 comments
Teachergal (Tucson)
Stop giving oxygen to Trump by reporting his every tweet, rant, and flipflop and he and his sychophantic Congressional followers will wither away. A fire needs air to thrive but it can be put out by suffocating it with a blanket blackout. Trump is a meteor, crashing through the universe, but meteors are falling stars and he, too, will crash and burn when he falls to Earth. And then, out of the ruins created by the conflagration, a new society will arise. I look forward to reading about that in the media when it happens but, until then, just stop adding fuel to the fire that is Trump World.
Jl (Los Angeles)
I think it would be more effective if the press stopped attending and covering the Sarah Sanders briefings. And secondly , if the WH bars entrance or removes ANY accredited member of the press then the entire press corps should remove itself. Then let's see howTrump would handle it.
Jonathan Carroll (Easthampton, MA)
"HONESTY WINS!" OK then, Mr. Trump--I honestly believe that YOU are the enemy of the people and if the people aren't diligent, vigilant and heartily proactively seeing to your ouster, you could get us all killed. Honestly.
Cowboy Marine (Colorado Trails)
I wonder if Owner-of-the-World His Highness King Bezos had something to do with the Post not participating.
lszabolcsi (Atlanta)
You think of it as a “cri de coeur” when it’s merely narcissism. The obsessive and malicious drivel crowding your front page every day is the best evidence that no threat to a free press exists. However, it is high time for the reversal of “NY Times vs Sullivan” to enter the national conversation.
DVX (NC)
In a country where a deep misunderstanding and distrust of the press has developed over time and now been treated to steroids by the degenerate in the former white house, this is no way to show your independence and maturity. What pray tell is the point of 300 newspapers, that each would happily and responsibly editorialize against the regime individually, going at it as a pack? You don't deal with the chronically stupid by dropping to their level.