The following article by Alison Durkee was posted on the Mic.com website August 13, 2018:
Following an appeal from the Boston Globe, more than 100 publicationsnationwide are preparing to decry President Donald Trump’s characterization of the media as an “enemy of the people.”
The Globe is reaching out to newspaper editorial boards to publish opinion pieces Thursday defending journalism, as part of a coordinated response to Trump’s repeated attacks on the media, which he frequently refers to as “fake news.”
“This dirty war on the free press must end,” the Globe’s appeal said, the Guardian reported. “Publications, whatever their politics, could make a powerful statement by standing together in the common defense of their profession and the vital role it plays in government for and by the people.”