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New York Times vs. Donald Trump - The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate
Published on Nov 18, 2018
The war over fake news has been declared. On one side the New York Times, and on the other, U.S. President Donald Trump. Both believe the future of democracy is at stake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0shSjfOFJw
Enemy of the People
Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy
By Marvin Kalb
September 25, 2018
Shortly after assuming office in January 2017, President Donald Trump accused the press of being an “enemy of the American people.” Attacks on the media had been a hallmark of Trump’s presidential campaign, but this charge marked a dramatic turning point: language like this ventured into dangerous territory. Twentieth-century dictators—notably, Stalin, Hitler, and Mao—had all denounced their critics, especially the press, as “enemies of the people.” Their goal was to delegitimize the work of the press as “fake news” and create confusion in the public mind about what’s real and what isn’t; what can be trusted and what can’t be.
That, it seems, is also Trump’s goal. In Enemy of the People, Marvin Kalb, an award-winning American journalist with more than six decades of experience both as a journalist and media observer, writes with passion about why we should fear for the future of American democracy because of the unrelenting attacks by the Trump administration on the press.
As his new book shows, the press has been a bulwark in the defense of democracy. Kalb writes about Edward R. Murrow’s courageous reporting on Senator Joseph McCarthy’s “red scare” theatrics in the early 1950s, which led to McCarthy’s demise. He reminds us of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s reporting in the early 1970s that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
Today, because of revolutionary changes in journalism, no Murrow is ready at the battlements. Journalism has been severely weakened. Yet, without a virile, strong press, democracy is in peril.
Kalb’s book is a frightening indictment of President Trump’s efforts to delegitimize the American press—and put the future of our democracy in question.
About the Author
Marvin Kalb is a nonresident senior fellow with the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, and senior advisor at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. He focuses on the impact of media on public policy and politics, and is also an expert in national security, with a focus on U.S. relations with Russia, Europe and the Middle East. His new book, "Enemy of the People .. https://www.brookings.edu/book/enemy-of-the-people/ " will be published in September 2018. His latest book is "The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956—Khruschev, Stalin's Ghost, and a Young American in Russia .. https://www.brookings.edu/book/the-year-i-was-peter-the-great/ " (Brookings Institution Press, 2017).
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The Fifth Estate
Published on Nov 18, 2018
The war over fake news has been declared. On one side the New York Times, and on the other, U.S. President Donald Trump. Both believe the future of democracy is at stake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0shSjfOFJw
Enemy of the People
Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy
By Marvin Kalb
September 25, 2018
Shortly after assuming office in January 2017, President Donald Trump accused the press of being an “enemy of the American people.” Attacks on the media had been a hallmark of Trump’s presidential campaign, but this charge marked a dramatic turning point: language like this ventured into dangerous territory. Twentieth-century dictators—notably, Stalin, Hitler, and Mao—had all denounced their critics, especially the press, as “enemies of the people.” Their goal was to delegitimize the work of the press as “fake news” and create confusion in the public mind about what’s real and what isn’t; what can be trusted and what can’t be.
That, it seems, is also Trump’s goal. In Enemy of the People, Marvin Kalb, an award-winning American journalist with more than six decades of experience both as a journalist and media observer, writes with passion about why we should fear for the future of American democracy because of the unrelenting attacks by the Trump administration on the press.
As his new book shows, the press has been a bulwark in the defense of democracy. Kalb writes about Edward R. Murrow’s courageous reporting on Senator Joseph McCarthy’s “red scare” theatrics in the early 1950s, which led to McCarthy’s demise. He reminds us of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s reporting in the early 1970s that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
Today, because of revolutionary changes in journalism, no Murrow is ready at the battlements. Journalism has been severely weakened. Yet, without a virile, strong press, democracy is in peril.
Kalb’s book is a frightening indictment of President Trump’s efforts to delegitimize the American press—and put the future of our democracy in question.
About the Author
Marvin Kalb is a nonresident senior fellow with the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, and senior advisor at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. He focuses on the impact of media on public policy and politics, and is also an expert in national security, with a focus on U.S. relations with Russia, Europe and the Middle East. His new book, "Enemy of the People .. https://www.brookings.edu/book/enemy-of-the-people/ " will be published in September 2018. His latest book is "The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956—Khruschev, Stalin's Ghost, and a Young American in Russia .. https://www.brookings.edu/book/the-year-i-was-peter-the-great/ " (Brookings Institution Press, 2017).
See full bio
Reviews and Related Articles
To Trump, the media is the 'enemy of the people.' He should look in the mirror.
Thursday, October 4, 2018
https://www.brookings.edu/book/enemy-of-the-people/
-
'Enemies of the people': Trump remark echoes history's worst tyrants
18 February 2017
Image caption Trump's remark drew
comparisons with dictators
Stalin and Mao Getty Images
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39015559
-
'Enemy of the people': Trump's phrase and its echoes of totalitarianism
The phrase the president has repeatedly said in his attacks on the media was used by dictators including Stalin and Mao
Emma Graham-Harrison
Fri 3 Aug 2018 13.47 EDT
Last modified on Fri 3 Aug 2018 13.54 EDT
Donald Trump interacts at a rally at in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on 2 August.
Photograph: Tracie van Auken/EPA
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/03/trump-enemy-of-the-people-meaning-history
See also:
How fascism works
[...]
But the blame there is as much on the Republican Party as it is on Trump, because none of this would matter
if they were willing to check Trump. So far, they’ve chosen loyalty to Trump over loyalty to rule of law.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=143726473
Donald Trump May Not Be a Fascist, But He is Leading Us Merrily Down That Path ..
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=120074878
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