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Trump’s Assaults on Journalists, Once Verbal, Have Become Potentially Lethal

‘MURDER THE MEDIA’
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After years of being tarred as “enemies of the people,” reporters describe a crescendoing fear that Trump-inspired threats to their personal safety have only just begun.

Journalists working in the United States, nominal bastion of the First Amendment, are now “soft targets” for violent mobs—thanks, it seems, to President Donald Trump.

“Remember, ALL JOURNALISTS are soft targets, and are fair game in the coming revolution!” a Trump loyalist posted

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