Monday, August 26, 2019

Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House | NYT

 Joseph Goebbels would have been impressed; also see A Campaign Targeting Our Staff | NYT. On a related note, see Conservative media thrives, grows broader under Trump | Axios, which concludes: "The bottom line: Typically, the opposition party has a media explosion in response to whichever political group is in power. But the economic stress of the media industry, combined with the Trump-driven conservative strategy of broad messaging, has upended that dynamic."
"A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation to discredit news organizations deemed hostile to President Trump by publicizing damaging information about journalists.

It is the latest step in a long-running effort by Mr. Trump and his allies to undercut the influence of legitimate news reporting. Four people familiar with the operation described how it works, asserting that it has compiled dossiers of potentially embarrassing social media posts and other public statements by hundreds of people who work at some of the country’s most prominent news organizations."
Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House | NYT

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