Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!
4:48 PM - 17 Feb 2017
The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!
4:48 PM - 17 Feb 2017
Adolf Hitlers Nazi Party similarly condemned the free press with the slur of Lügenpresse (lying press). They told their supporters that the media was controlled by Jews and by Communists. The Washington Post notes that:
Until today, the word has an anti-Semitic connotation, and it implies hatred not only against journalists but against everyone who opposes the will of the people. That abstract concept emerged during World War II when Hitler sought to propagate the idea that Germans were a master race superior to all others, especially Jews and Slavic people.
Until today, the word has an anti-Semitic connotation, and it implies hatred not only against journalists but against everyone who opposes the will of the people. That abstract concept emerged during World War II when Hitler sought to propagate the idea that Germans were a master race superior to all others, especially Jews and Slavic people.