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OSCE urges Trump to stop 'attacks' on media
[Iran Press TV] The OSCE's media freedom watchdog on Monday called on US President Donald Trump...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... to tone down his virulent attacks on the press, warning that they "degrade" the media's key role in a democracy and open journalists to abuse. Since taking office in January, the 71-year-old leader has made a habit of publicly bashing mainstream media outlets like The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... , which he regularly denounces as "fake news" on his Twitter account. "I urge the United States administration to refrain from delivering such attacks on the media," Harlem Desir, the media freedom representative of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, said in a letter to the White House. "The US president's statements are deeply problematic in that they degrade the essential role the media plays in every democratic society, holding governments to account and offering a platform for a diversity of voices," read the letter addressed to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-29 |
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