Chris Wallace warns Trump crossed the line

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By Amy B Wang
February 19 at 2:34 PM

... “But when he said that the fake news media is not my enemy, it's the enemy of the American people, I believe that crosses an important line” ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/19/fox-news-anchor-chris-wallace-warns-viewers-trump-crossed-the-line-in-latest-attack-on-media/?utm_term=.85390ad288ca

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1. Mattis Disagrees With Trump's Characterization Of Media

February 19, 20173:23 PM ET
ADRIAN FLORIDO

... The defense secretary's break with Trump over the issue on Sunday was an indication of the tensions between the president, who has often called the media's coverage of him "unfair" and "dishonest," and some of the career military and civil servants who work for him and have long accepted that an adversarial press is just part of their territory ...

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/19/516119023/mattis-disagrees-with-trumps-characterization-of-media-as-the-enemy

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2. Reince Priebus says he meant it

By Kristine Guerra
February 19 at 2:19 PM

... “I think that we've gotten to a place, John, where the media is willing to run with unnamed sources, apparently false leaked documents,” the chief of staff said. “We deal with one after the next. I think the media should stop with this unnamed-source stuff. Put names on a piece of paper and print it. If people aren't willing to put their name next to a quote, then the quote shouldn't be listed, period” ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/19/trump-called-the-press-the-enemy-reince-priebus-says-he-meant-it/?utm_term=.3338d6aa68cf