Along with many others, I was shocked when President Donald Trump called the media “enemies of the people.” Certainly, the major newspapers and television news outlets were unusually critical of him throughout his administration. But politicians should be willing to accept this as a price of the power they hold.
Harry Truman, who had his own problems with the press, ably put it thus: “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”
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