JOURNALIST MEA CULPA
On February 17, President Trump tweeted that “the fake news media” was “not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!”
The controversy the president ignited is still raging but, the press can cite Jefferson, John Adams and Hamilton as strong supporters of the press as a check on government institutions. No doubt they didn’t think the press was an “enemy of the people.”
Yet there are aspects of the political scene today that make one hesitant to praise the press too highly.