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Reporters Committee: Trump Threatening ‘Physical Violence Against Journalists’!

John Bickley

The death match between CNN and the tweet-happy POTUS went full WWE this weekend when Trump posted a ridiculous meme of himself body-slamming a man with the CNN logo imposed over his face, along with the hashtags “#FraudNewsCNN #FNN.” The Trump Derangement Syndrome-suffering media went ballistic over the trolling tweet, with CNN’s Brian Stelter even tattling on Trump in a pathetic attempt to get the president kicked off Twitter.

Now, the very serious, very fair-minded and nonpartisan Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has issued its official response to Trump’s latest anti-media Twitter bomb — and it’s a case study in media double standards and Trump-induced paranoia.

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