Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) says President Donald Trump ’s attacks against the press are reminiscent of similar tactics employed by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes , @NBCNews , @ABC , @CBS , @CNN ) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People! Appearing on ABC’s “This Week” program on Sunday, Flake, a frequent critic of the president, said he planned to give a speech Wednesday about the president’s behavior. “When you reflexively refer to the press as the enemy of the people or fake news, that has real damage,” Flake will say in the speech, according to an excerpt provided to ABC. Trump claimed on Twitter that he actually said “I’d have a good relationship with” the authoritarian leader, a distinction he called a “big difference.”The Wall Street Journal, however, posted audio of the interview on Sunday and said it stood by its reporting.

Source: Huffington Post January 14, 2018 17:54 UTC