Manipulation and the abuse of truth is the common thread in today's headlines.
At least 52 journalist were murdered in 2018 and President Donald J. Trump offers absolutely no support for illustrators of the truth. President Trump frequently insults the press and advocates violence to his opposers.
"So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of 'em, would you? Seriously. Okay? Just knock the hell — I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. I promise. I promise." Trump said at his March 2016 rally in North Carolina.
Weaker minds relish in the words of a hateful leader, and many of these lost souls are eager to kill or commit brutal acts against all those who think and feel differently then themselves and justify their criminal actions on the words of the U.S. President.
One of the more than 50 journalist killed in 2018 was American columnist Jamal Khashoggi who wrote for the Washington Post. Journalist Khashoggi told the world the truth about the brutality toward those who speak out, and he himself was hacked to pieces with a bone-saw in the Istanbul consulate on Oct. 2., while his fiancee was waiting for him outside the consulate. (Time magazine.)
In November, the CIA claims the slaying of Khashoggi came from orders of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. https://www.foxnews.com/world/cia-determines-khashoggis-death-was-ordered-by-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-report
The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy (press) of the American People! Trump tweeted on Feb. 17, 2017.
Soon after journalist Khashoggi was brutally cut to pieces in Turkey, Trump said Saudi Arabia leaders have spent a $110 billion in the U.S., and four other countries could get those billions of dollars, and this would not be a good alternative for the U.S., nor be acceptable to me. (Trump)
"When the president of the U.S. keeps calling the press enemies of the people, I take that seriously...Anytime anybody in power threatens that balance, it is a threat to our democracy." Republican strategist and political commentator Ana Navarro said.
Izzy Schurr, aka Mark Schurr.
