Trump has been largely successful in feeding public skepticism about the fourth estate

While Donald Trump is slagging the media and creating his alternate fact universe, journalists around the globe are risking life and limb in multiple hotspots to get the story out.
Just last week, American president Donald Trump, pictured in this file photo, took to Twitter to denounce the bad coverage he has been receiving from traditional media outlets.
OTTAWA—Earlier this month, the planet commemorated World Press Freedom Day, launched by the United Nations in the last century. The recognition, proclaimed by the General Assembly in 1993, coincided with the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek, a statement by African journalists about the ...

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