AN
AN INCREDIBLE STORY >>> THE CLAIM JOURNALISTS ARE
THE ENEMY.
THE ENEMY. >> WE ARE NOT THE ENEMY.
>> NO WE ARE NOT.
>>> SPREADING ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY, NORTH TO SOUTH, COAST
TO COAST.
TO COAST.
TO COAST. HERE AT HOME.
THE STAR TRIBUNE.
THE EDITORIALS FROM SMALL
PAPERS TO LARGE METRO PAPERS
LIKE OURS SHARE ONE SENTIMENT
TO GET OUT.
>> I AM THE PAGE EDITOR.
I AM IN CHARGE OF THE OPINION
PAGE.
PAGE.
PAGE. IT
PAGE. IT OPERATES INDEPENDENTLY FROM
THE NEWS ROOM.
THE BOSTON GLOBE CONTACTED US
AND MEDIA OUTLETS AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND ASKED IF WE WANTED
TO PARTICIPATE IN A UNITED
EFFORT TO REALLY RENEW OUR
COMMITMENT TO FREE PRESS,
FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DENOUNCE
REPEATED CRITICISM OF THE NEWS
MEDIA BY THE PRESIDENT.
>> FAKE NEWS, FOLKS, FAKE NEWS.
>>
>> WE
>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
UPS AND DOWNS BUT IT WAS A
QUICK YES.
QUICK YES. THE WAY THEY APPROACHED IT,
THEY TOLD THEM THEY CAN EACH
HAVE THEIR OWN MESSAGE.
THEIR OWN EDITORIAL.
>> Reporter: AND THIS IS THE
RESULT?
RESULT?
RESULT? THE STAR TRIBUTE EDITORIAL
BOARD WRITING QUOTE TO THIS
PRESIDENT, THE JOURNALISTS TIME
HONORED ROLE IN A DEMOCRACY IS
MEANINGLESS, REPORTERS PRESENT
A FACT FINDING COUNTER.
GOING ON TO SAY WHAT TRUMP
CALLS FAKE NEWS IS MOSTLY
INFORMATION AND VIEWS WITH
WHICH HE IS UNCOMFORTABLE.
THE REVELATION OF LIES, THE
CONTRADICTION OF ACCOMPLICE
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. >> HE ATTACKED INDIVIDUAL NEWS
ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUAL
ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUAL JOURNALISTS, HE TALKED ABOUT
TAKING AWAY THE LICENSES OF
SOME BROADCAST STATIONS BECAUSE
HE DOES NOT LIKE THEIR
COVERAGE.
COVERAGE.
COVERAGE. CLEAR REPORTEDLY THAT FREEDOM
OF THE PRESS IS NOT IMPORTANT
TO HIM.
TO HIM.
TO HIM. >> Reporter: WITH 350 PLUS
NEWSPAPERS FROM EVERY CORNER OF
THE COUNTRY ON THE SAME PAGE
THE STAR TRIBUNE'S TEUBGS
>> IF WE DON'T FOCUS ON IT, IF
WE DON'T MAKE THE ARGUMENT WHO
IS GOING TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT
FOR US?
FOR US?
FOR US? CONGRESS IS NOT MAKING THE
ARGUMENT FOR US.
>> Reporter: AS FOR TRUMP'S
RESPONSE, THE EDITORIALS, HE
DEFEND TODAY IN SEVERAL TWEETS
AGAIN BLAMING FAKE NEWS.
HERE IS WHAT HE TELLS HIS
READERS IN RESPONSE.
THE LIFEBLOOD OF DEMOCRACY
BEGINS HERE.
BEGINS HERE. >> BY DOING GOOD WORK EVERY DAY
AND TRYING TO SHOW HOW THE WORK
WAS DONE AND BEING AS
TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT, LOOK AT
THE INDEPENDENT SOURCES IF YOU
DON'T BELIEVE A STORY.
AND I THINK IT IS GREAT IF
PEOPLE LOOK AT MULTIPLE
SOURCES.
SOURCES.
SOURCES. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A
PROCESS OF DISCERNMENT LIKE WE
DO.
DO.
DO. WE
DO. WE ARE NOT THE ENEMY OF THE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. NEVER BEEN THE ENEMY OF THE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. I
PEOPLE. I THINK WE ARE ACTUALLY THE
PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVE.
PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVE. AGAIN, HOLDING THE POWERFUL
ACCOUNTABLE IS WHAT WE HAVE TO
DO.
DO.
DO. >>
DO. >> THAT IS WHAT WE WERE FOUNDED
ON, HOLD THE POWERFUL
ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABLE. IT IS AN INTERESTING DEBATE
THAT GOES ON IN CIRCLES.
WE ARE SEEING IT PLAY OUT IN
THE MEDIA AS WELL IN THIS CASE.
THE CHRONICLE FOR EXAMPLE DID
NOT WANT TO BE A PART OF THE
EFFORT BECAUSE THEIR EDITORIAL
BOARD FEELS LIKE IT PLAYS INTO
THAT NARRATIVE THAT THE MEDIA
ARE ALIGNED AGAINST THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND THEY WANTED
TO PUT THEIR HEADS DOWN AND DO
THEIR JOBS.
THEIR JOBS. >> WHEN THEY DECIDED NOT DO
THIS THEY WANTED THE PUBLIC TO
KNOW FURTHER THEIR EDITORIAL
PAGE WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT'S WAR ON
THE FREE PRESS.
THEY WENT ON TO SAY IN THEIR
STATEMENT THAT THEY RELEASED IT
SAYS OUR SILENCE ON THURSDAY IS
A TESTAMENT TO DO IT OUR OWN
WAY ON OUR OWN TIME STPHAOEUBL
THE THING THAT IS INTERESTING
ABOUT THERE.
ABOUT THERE. WHEN WE ARE DUBBED THAT TERM,
THAT THE PERSON AND OTHER
PERSONS ARE SAYING.
>> ENEMY OF THE PRESS.
>> THAT AND FAKE NEWS, PAY
ATTENTION TO WHAT ORGANIZATIONS
ARE CALLED THAT.
THERE ARE CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE NEVER, EVER CALLED
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. AND
THAT. AND SO IT LEADS ONE TO THE
CONCLUDE THAT THEY NEVER MAKE A
MISTAKE.
MISTAKE.
MISTAKE. >> ORGANIZATIONS LIKE FOX NEWS?
>> FOX AND FRIENDS WAS TALKING
ABOUT JAPANESE COMMUNISTS,
JAPAN WAS NEVER A COMMUNIST
COUNTRY BUT NEVER CALLED FAKE
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. >>
NEWS. >> I DON'T THINK OUR PRESIDENT
CALL TODAY OUT, EITHER.
>> HE DIDN'T.
>> THE DEBATE CONTINUES.
WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO
WATCH BREAKING THE NEWS
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. NEXT, WE ARE SAYING GOOD-BYE TO
THE QUEEN OF SOUL.
OUR TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE GREAT