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Trump calls NBC ‘fake news’ and suggests FCC should challenge its broadcast license

October 11, 2017

On Oct. 11, 2017, President Trump called NBC News “fake news” and suggested that the FCC should challenge the network's …

White House press secretary says tweets criticizing Trump are ‘a fireable offense’

September 13, 2017

At a White House press briefing on Sept. 13, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that it …

Donald Trump and John Kelly at U.S. Coast Guard 2017 commencement ceremony

DHS secretary jokes about using sword on reporters

May 17, 2017

After President Trump was presented with a ceremonial saber at a commencement ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard on May …

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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