To label the #FreePress as “the enemy of the people” is as un-American as it is dangerous to the civic compact we have shared for more than two centuries. https://t.co/CfHUvk5ntA— Boston Globe Opinion (@GlobeOpinion) 16 August 2018
NPR: Hundreds Of Newspapers Denounce Trump's Attacks On Media In Coordinated Editorials
More than 300 news publications across the country are joining together to defend the role of a free press and denounce President Trump's ongoing attacks on the news media in coordinated editorials publishing Thursday, according to a tally by The Boston Globe.
The project was spearheaded by staff members of the editorial page at the Globe, who write: "This relentless assault on the free press has dangerous consequences. We asked editorial boards from around the country – liberal and conservative, large and small — to join us today to address this fundamental threat in their own words."
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Update: Trump labels media 'the opposition party' as newspapers push back en masse (Politico)
WNU Editor: This is President Trump's response ....
THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS THE OPPOSITION PARTY. It is very bad for our Great Country....BUT WE ARE WINNING!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 16 August 2018
There is nothing that I would want more for our Country than true FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. The fact is that the Press is FREE to write and say anything it wants, but much of what it says is FAKE NEWS, pushing a political agenda or just plain trying to hurt people. HONESTY WINS!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 16 August 2018
As to what is my take. This commentary sums it up .... With bash-Trump day, press acts like opposition party (By Joe Concha, The Hill).
Update: Definitely (see below).
Update #2: A history of media bias as chronicled by WNU (link here)
