More than 200 news organizations are to participate in a coordinated campaign Thursday with editorials about the importance of an independent media and a social media hashtag #EnemyOfNone. The campaign also faces the potential for galvanizing supporters of the president around the notion that the media is out to get him. Politico media writer Jack Shafer said the coordinated effort “is sure to backfire.”“It will provide Trump with the circumstantial evidence of the existence of a national press cabal that has been convened solely to opposes him,” he said. Striking a nerveBut media rights advocates say the stakes are too high to allow the president’s claims to go unchecked. “It’s worthwhile for newspapers to reaffirm their values and the importance of the First Amendment in a coherent, coordinated way,” he said.

Source: The Guardian August 15, 2018 15:11 UTC