President Donald Trump is threatening freedom of the press in the United States, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has warned.
Freedom of the press is "under attack from the president," Zeid said, as quoted by Reuters. He added that such freedom is a cornerstone of the US Constitution.
President Trump has long slammed mainstream media for its allegedly biased reporting and "fake news" articles.
He has taken particular aim at "garbage journalism" CNN and the "failing" New York Times.
Trump was criticized in February after banning CNN, the New York Times, and the Guardian from an off-camera press briefing, instead choosing to handpick a select group of journalists, mostly from conservative outlets.........[
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