My view - if they simply confined their biases to the editorial / opinion pages and refrained from 'fake news' reporting, this wouldn't be a problem.
[Yahoo News] - Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders says hostility toward journalists is growing worldwide, often encouraged by political leaders ‐ even in democratic countries.
Poorly disguised shot at Trump? Yewbetcha!
The group's annual global index of media freedom released Wednesday found an overall rise in animosity toward reporters and a drop in freedoms, notably in former Soviet states but also in countries from the U.S. to the Philippines.
What about Turkey? I read far more stories out of that country about Erdogan jailing reporters. Erdogan, by the way, does not merit further mention in this article.
The group says many democratically elected leaders "no longer see the media as part of democracy's essential underpinning," singling out U.S. President Donald Trump for his media-bashing. It also notes the recent killings of reporters in EU members Slovakia and Malta.
That's because you guys took sides. All Trump did was point this out. |