Basic Truths

“In Green Bay, Wisconsin, the US president raged that journalists are ‘fakers,’ exulted in crowd chants of ‘CNN sucks!’ and lavished praise on Sarah Sanders, his press secretary caught by Mueller lying to the media.

“In Washington, [Ron] Chernow, biographer of founding father Alexander Hamilton and former president Ulysses S Grant, delivered an eloquent and erudite defence of the freedom of the press . . . .

“‘We now have to fight hard for basic truths that we once took for granted,’ said Chernow.” 

—David Smith, correspondent, “Trump is just one chapter of bad fiction in America's history, White House press dinner told,” The Guardian, April 28, 2019.

• Editorial Comment: I’m tired of this chapter. Turn the page.

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