Melanie Phillips

Melanie Phillips

A political phenomenon attacks the media. No, not that one. His predecessor

For Obama, if the media don't sing his song they're enemies of democracy

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Melanie Phillips
Nov 23, 2020
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Truth and Falsehood; sculpture by Alfred Stevens, 1857-66

Former US president Barack Obama says the problem today is the right-wing media.

When President Donald Trump says the mainstream media peddle fake news, those media outlets have a collective fit of the vapours and start shrieking that Trump has threatened the freedom of the press and is practising …

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