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Trump’s hostility toward the media is pretty mild compared to past presidents — including Obama

By Becket Adams

Published June 26, 2018 7:49pm ET

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Trump’s hostility toward the media is pretty mild compared to past presidents — including Obama — It’s clear that a great many in the news media would benefit enormously from a little perspective. At the very least, they might benefit from quick brush up on the history of the U.S. presidents. MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt, for example, would do well to learn from the obvious errors of her June 25 tweet, which […]

It’s clear that a great many in the news media would benefit enormously from a little perspective. At the very least, they might benefit from quick brush up on the history of the U.S. presidents.

MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt, for example, would do well to learn from the obvious errors of her June 25 tweet, which read, “The last person to rule America who didn’t believe in the First Amendment was King George III.”

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