Why Thursday's Free Speech Editorials Represented a 'Moment' for the Media

More than 350 newspapers say journalists are not the enemy

Hundreds of newspapers across the country published editorials today in defense of a free press.

In response to President Trump’s repeated attacks on the media, most recently calling the media the “enemy of the people,” The Boston Globe’s editorial board led the pack, publishing an editorial under the headline, “Journalists are not the enemy” and putting out a call to other newspapers to address the topic.

“A central pillar of President Trump’s politics is a sustained assault on the free press.

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