Morning Jolt: The Media Strike Back

Making the click-through worthwhile: Newspapers fight back against the president; Twitter is a message board; and an overlooked white-bashing story from a journalist.

Newspapers Unite

Today, newspapers across the country are running editorials against President Trump's attacks on the press. To have a free press is to have a free society. Were Trump's criticism of the press to elide into action to suppress its activity we would have a dire situation on our hands. Provided that this  situation hasn't happened, though, isn't this endeavor not just futile but counterproductive? Jack Shafer's most-recent Politico column is convincing:

Most journalists agree that there's a great need for Trump rebuttals. I've written my share. But this Globe-sponsored coordinated editorial response is sure to backfire: It will provide Trump with circumstantial evidence of the existence of a national press cabal that has been convened solely to oppose him. When the editorials roll off the press on Thursday, all singing from the same script, Trump will reap enough fresh material to whale on the media for at least a month. His ...

August 16 2018

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The Media Strike Back Theodore Kupfer Making the click-through worthwhile: Newspapers fight back against the president; Twitter is a message board; and an overlooked white-bashing story from a journalist. Newspapers Unite Today, newspapers across the country are running editorials against President Trump's attacks on the press. To have a free press is to have a free society. Were Trump's criticism of the press to elide into action to suppress its activity we would have a dire situation on our hands. Provided that this  situation hasn't happened, though, isn't this endeavor not just futile but counterproductive? Jack Shafer's most-recent Politico column is convincing: Most journalists agree that there's a great need for Trump rebuttals. I've written my share. But this Globe-sponsored coordinated editorial response is sure to backfire: It will provide Trump with circumstantial evidence of the existence of a national press cabal that has been convened solely to oppose him. When the editorials roll off the press on Thursday, all singing from the same script, Trump will reap enough fresh material to whale on the media for at least a month. His ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Why Are People Giving Peter Strzok Their Money? Katherine Timpf Actual people with actual brains actually decided that the best use of their hard-earned cash was to just give it away to this dude. The Double Standards of Postmodern Justice Victor Davis Hanson The current justice system harms some and hurts others without a clear explanation as to why. Trump Revokes Former CIA Director Brennan's Security Clearance Mairead McArdle The president is also considering revoking the clearances of other former intelligence officials, according to reports. ADVERTISEMENT Andrew Cuomo Was Never That Great Charles C. W. Cooke Try as he might to convince us otherwise, New York's shape-shifting governor, Andrew Cuomo, is an abject failure. The Scourge of Domestic Protectionism George Will Meddling bureaucrats don't understand consumer needs and hurt the markets that do. Elizabeth Warren's Batty Plan to Nationalize . . . Everything Kevin D. Williamson Elizabeth Warren proposes to nationalize every major business in the United States of America. If successful, it would constitute the large seizure of private property in human history. Sins of the Fathers Rod Dreher Restoring the Church's credibility depends on the bishops' being less lawyerly and more Christian. Parkland Families Slam Broward Sheriff for Lack of Armed Guards at Summer Schools Mairead McArdle The sheriff's office has also come under heavy criticism for its failure to stop the Valentine's Day Parkland school shooting that left 17 victims dead. ADVERTISEMENT JOIN NRPLUS All Our Content. Fewer Ads. Members-Only Privileges. NRPLUS is everything you would associate with a digital magazine subscription, and a whole lot more ─ including up to 90% fewer on-site ads, access to our private Facebook group, full commenting privileges, and invites to our writer/editor conference calls. SAVE 40% TODAY Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: August 15, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: August 14, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.