Miller said Trump is “constantly being faced with these attacks from these nameless, faceless, anonymous sources, and expected to respond and defend himself.” And the media, he said, has a responsibility to draw “the line on these leaks and attacks that are coming at the president.”Three days later, Miller joined the media as a paid contributor on CNN. It’s a role in which Miller will surely be asked to respond to the Trump news of the day, including unflattering stories that may rely on information provided by unnamed current or former officials. So does Miller simply dismiss such reports, including those from CNN reporters, if they rely on anonymous sources? Miller vigorously defended President Donald Trump as a campaign spokesman, even in response to CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer expressing alarm over the candidate’s vilification of the press and suggesting it should be easier to sue news organizations. Sopan Deb, a New York Times reporter who covered the Trump campaign daily, questioned CNN’s decision to hire someone who he said would “consistently spout falsehoods.”

Source: Huffington Post March 08, 2017 19:41 UTC