The following article by Lindsey Bever and Cleve R. Wootson, Jr., was posted on the Washington Post website August 16, 2018:
In a coordinated response to President Trump, hundreds of U.S. newspapers published editorials defending press freedom on Aug. 16. (Reuters)
Hundreds of newspaper editorial boards across the country answered a nationwide call Thursday to express disdain for President Trump’s attacks on the news media, while some explained their decision not to do so. The same morning, the president tweeted that the “fake news media” are the “opposition party.”
The editorials came after the Boston Globe’s editorial board called on others to use their collective voice to respond to Trump’s war of words with news organizations in the United States.
Trump has labeled the news media “the enemy of the American people” and called much of the coverage “fake news.”