Experts appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights are condemning what they describe as “strategic” attacks on the press by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump has broadly labeled news media the “enemy of the people” and regularly accuses reporters of spreading “fake news.”
In a joint statement, two experts on freedom of expression — David Kaye, appointed by the U.N. body, and the Inter-American Commission’s Edison Lanza — wrote that “these attacks run counter to the country’s obligations to respect press freedom and international human rights law.”
They said Trump’s “attacks are strategic, designed to undermine confidence in reporting and raise doubts about verifiable facts.” They added: “he has failed to show even once that specific reporting has been driven by any untoward motivations.”
(AP)
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The press need to be held accountable and they are not. Just as they are reckless with Tump, they are irresponsible with Israel and fuel the false hopes of the Palestinians and fan the fires. They do anything to sell more papers or get more hits on their web sites.
They had this coming along time.
Go Trump Go!!!!
Anything that “experts appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights are condemning” must be good.
Anything negative coming from the UN should be viewed as a positive – even a compliment!
It’s actually very funny!