Hundreds of U.S. newspapers devoted print space on Thursday to a co-ordinated defence of media freedom and a rebuke of President Donald Trump for saying some media organizations are enemies of the American people. The Globe said it co-ordinated publication among the newspapers and carried details of it on a database on its website. The Globe's editorial accused Trump of carrying out a "sustained assault on the free press." Politico's media critic, Jack Shafer, wrote this week that the co-ordinated editorial response was sure to backfire. "Trump will reap enough fresh material to whale on the media for at least a month."

Source: CBC News August 16, 2018 11:48 UTC