Bin Laden raid architect McRaven says Trump media attack threatens democracy
Source: Yahoo News
The retired admiral who designed and oversaw the raid that killed Osama bin Laden says President Trumps superheated charge that the mainstream news media is the enemy of the American people is not just wrong, but also could pose a dire threat to American democracy. Reporters, however, must get their facts right, cite reliable sources and be aware of their own biases and pride.
The president said the news media is the enemy of the American people, William McRaven said Tuesday. This sentiment may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime.
The former Joint Special Operations Command leader, now chancellor of the University of Texas system, made the remarks at the inaugural event of the Communication and Leadership Speaker Series at UTs Belo Center for New Media. McRaven graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1977 with a degree in journalism.
I will tell you as journalism majors, as Americans, you should challenge that sentiment and that statement every opportunity you can, he continued. We must challenge this statement, and this sentiment, that the news media is the enemy of the American people.
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McRaven is a Special Forces icon.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,681 posts)and disintegrating the federal government threatens everything else
Some people kept telling, Trump was the distraction from the real agenda
bmbmd
(3,088 posts)Hook'em.
Cha
(295,929 posts)the side of reality and democracy!
Mahalo, Zorro
IronLionZion
(45,269 posts)a lot of military people openly doubt the leadership of our president. They know he's dangerously incompetent.
Hopefully Dems retake control of our government soon. ADM McRaven could have a spot in a Dem administration.