White House bans CNN reporter from press conference

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(08-02-2018, 05:33 PM)hollodero Wrote: Didn't Nixon call the media the enemy? I think I heard something like that. Still not "enemy of the people" or "real enemy of the people compared to Russia" or anything like that, but the mdia being in a president's crosshairs didn't start with Trump or with Obama (and isn't typical for the US alone to begin with). I'd figure.

You raise an excellent question. I know Nixon attacked the media and tried to point out their liberal biases, but I don't know if he ever called them the enemy or tried to discredit them because of their biases.

Whether it started with the left and Fox News or Nixon and the mainstream media or even before that only reinforces my point that it started before Trump took office.