The Herald-Dispatch
During his campaign for the presidency and his tenure in office, Donald Trump has routinely portrayed the press as disseminating “fake news” and as an “enemy of the American people.”
Handy catchphrases, the type he has regularly deployed on his way to vanquishing his political opponents and to try to shape the national conversation without any substantive discussion of the many challenges faced by this nation.
Don’t be fooled by his use of such simplistic descriptions. He is mistaken on both counts.
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