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The White House’s ‘media offender’ list will fizzle. The reporting won’t.

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

We’re back after the Thanksgiving break, and what did we miss?

President Donald Trump attacking the media. Again.

With each passing day, Trump and his administration get more and more brazen in their all-out assault on the press. Trump has gone after the media with threats, lawsuits, bans, more threats, more lawsuits and insults. Lots and lots of insults.

Trump has always had a habit of name-calling organizations and reporters who have the temerity to ask him fair, but tough questions. He calls outlets “fake news” and then gets even more personal when it comes to reporters, often calling them “terrible” or “nasty.” Just recently, he referred to a female reporter as “piggy” while telling her to be quiet when she asked a legitimate question about the Epstein files.