Trump Calling Media “Enemy of the American People” Reminiscent of Stalin, Mao

The media has never been unbiased or 100% fair in terms of what it wants to share and ends up sharing for public consumption. Take, e.g., the case of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, an anti-Muslim bigot who owns a number of newspapers, magazines and tv channels around the globe - from the New York Post to the Wall Street Journal to the Fox News TV channels, and many other such outlets. These media outlets have been at the forefront of propagating for extremists and right-wingers in the USA and around the globe against pluralism and inclusion. Trump was promoted by these media outlets.
The same is the case with the media owned by so-called moderates and liberals that come in various shades and colors. All have their agenda, often dictated by the owners, and later picked up mesmerized consumers.
The POTUS Trump has been unkind to media, minus, of course, Fox News (and other such right wing, extremist media outlets) since the election days when they showed unruly and intolerant acts of his campaign guys and supporters. He took it as an assault on him and his agenda, and has been complaining ever since against them (esp. the CNN and NY Times), sometimes calling their news as 'fake news.'

Here below is the latest analysis about Trump's war with the media, extracted from the Slates.com:

President Donald Trump has never shied away from criticizing the news media. But he seemed to take things to a new level on Friday when he wrote in a tweet that media outlets, including the New York Times, NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN are “the enemy of the American people.” (His first tweet only included the Times, CNN, and NBC and ended with the conclusion: “SICK!” But that was quickly deleted.) Both tweets did include some choice capitalization as the commander-in-chief labeled the outlets “the FAKE NEWS media.”
Trump blasting the news media is nothing new, of course. Even a day earlier, Trump uttered the phrase “fake news” seven times during a White House news conference. Yet labeling the media the “enemy of the American people” seemed to take things to a new level and many quickly drew parallels to tyrants throughout history that were fond of the phrase. Although it harkens back to ancient Rome, many remember that the phrase was used during the purges ordered by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. "It is one of the most controversial phrases in Soviet history," explained Mitchell Orenstein, professor of Russian and East European studies at the University of Pennsylvania. "What it basically meant was a death sentence.”
The expression was also a favorite of China’s Mao Zedong, who used the “enemies of the people” label against anyone who opposed his policies. Identifying and later punishing those enemies was central to Mao’s rule. A Chinese journalist, Li Yuan, pointed out the parallel on Twitter, noting that “every dissenting voice was ‘the enemy of the people’ under Mao.”
Beijing seems to be welcoming this fresh attack on the news media with glee. China’s state-run newspaper Global Times noted in an editorial that Trump’s “war with mainstream media” would make it difficult for the president to challenge Beijing on “ideological” issues such as human rights. “His war with mainstream media makes it difficult for Trump to ally with the media on [the] ideological front against China,” the newspaper said. “Many have predicted that Trump’s presidency would exacerbate the recession of liberalism.”
Following the president’s press conference on Thursday night, a 25-question “Mainstream Media Accountability Survey” was posted on the Republican Party and Trump’s campaign websites. Those who fill out the survey are then taken to a donation page where they are asked to fork over anywhere from $35 to $2,500: “President Trump is asking you to go the extra mile and make a contribution to help defend our movement from the outrageous attacks from the media coming our way.”

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