Trump brands media ‘opposition party’ after 350 outlets run coordinated editorials resisting ‘assault on free press’

Donald Trump has lashed out at more than 350 newspapers across the US who launched a coordinated defence of press freedom, by calling the media the “opposition party”. The campaign, led by the Boston Globe, came after a number of attacks from the president who has repeatedly labelled journalists “the enemy of the people” and derided much of the media as “fake news”. “A central pillar of President Trump’s politics is a sustained assault on the free press,” said the editorial by the Globe.

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