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Trump pointing at ABC News reporter Karen Travers

Trump blames reporters for ‘creating violence by not writing the truth’

November 2, 2018

Trump blamed the “fake news” for “creating violence”

Trump mimes body-slamming reporter

Trump fondly recalls how congressman Greg Gianforte body-slammed a journalist

October 18, 2018

During the rally, Trump mimed Gianforte body-slamming a journalist

Screenshot of anonymous New York Times op-ed

Trump tells DOJ to investigate author of anonymous op-ed criticizing him

September 7, 2018

“I would say [Attorney General Jeff Sessions] should be investigating who the author of that piece was,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.

Trump tweet May 9, 2018

Trump suggests taking away journalists’ press credentials in response to negative coverage

May 9, 2018

In a tweet on May 9, 2018, President Trump suggested that news organizations publishing negative news about him should have …

'Fire and Fury' cover

President Trump tries to stop release of journalist’s book ‘Fire and Fury’

January 4, 2018

On Jan. 4, 2018, President Donald Trump’s attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter to journalist Michael Wolff, the author of an …

Trump tweet about Brian Ross

President Trump says ABC News reporter Brian Ross should be fired

December 9, 2017

On Dec. 9, 2017, President Trump tweeted that ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross "should be immediately fired."

Trump tweet about Dave Weigel

Donald Trump says Washington Post should fire reporter Dave Weigel

December 9, 2017

On Dec. 9, 2017, President Trump tweeted that Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel "should be fired" for tweeting a misleading …

Trump tweet about CNN International

President Trump says that CNN International is ‘fake news’

November 25, 2017

President Donald Trump criticized CNN International on Twitter on Nov. 25, 2017, calling the network “fake news” and accusing it …

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Total Results	11
Journalists affected	5
Institutions affected	6

How we track Chilling Statements

Selected public threats made to reporters and media organizations by U.S. politicians and other public figures, which can have a chilling effect on journalism.

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From ‘fake news’ to ‘enemy of the people’: An Anatomy of Trump’s tweets

From June 16, 2015, when Donald Trump declared his candidacy for president, to today, where he sits as leader of the free world, every tweet in which he mentions the media, individual journalists, news outlets, or journalistic sources in a negative tone is being tracked in a database.

Contributor Stephanie Sugars, who created that database with the Committee to Protect Journalists and manages its ongoing accounting, explored rhetoric from the first two years of Trump’s presidency in a blog post.

As the president continues to communicate through Twitter, this live database offers a continued tracking.

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