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Enemy of the People
Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy
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Enemy of the People
Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy
About this book
Shortly after assuming office in January 2017, President Donald Trump accused the press of being an "enemy of the American people." Attacks on the media had been a hallmark of Trump's presidential campaign, but this charge marked a dramatic turning point: language like this ventured into dangerous territory. Twentieth-century dictators—notably, Stalin, Hitler, and Mao—had all denounced their critics, especially the press, as "enemies of the people." Their goal was to delegitimize the work of the press as "fake news" and create confusion in the public mind about what's real and what isn't; what can be trusted and what can't be.
That, it seems, is also Trump's goal. In Enemy of the People, Marvin Kalb, an award-winning American journalist with more than six decades of experience both as a journalist and media observer, writes with passion about why we should fear for the future of American democracy because of the unrelenting attacks by the Trump administration on the press.
As his new book shows, the press has been a bulwark in the defense of democracy. Kalb writes about Edward R. Murrow's courageous reporting on Senator Joseph McCarthy's "red scare" theatrics in the early 1950s, which led to McCarthy's demise. He reminds us of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's reporting in the early 1970s that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
Today, because of revolutionary changes in journalism, no Murrow is ready at the battlements. Journalism has been severely weakened. Yet, without a virile, strong press, democracy is in peril.
Kalb's book is a frightening indictment of President Trump's efforts to delegitimize the American press—and put the future of our democracy in question.
That, it seems, is also Trump's goal. In Enemy of the People, Marvin Kalb, an award-winning American journalist with more than six decades of experience both as a journalist and media observer, writes with passion about why we should fear for the future of American democracy because of the unrelenting attacks by the Trump administration on the press.
As his new book shows, the press has been a bulwark in the defense of democracy. Kalb writes about Edward R. Murrow's courageous reporting on Senator Joseph McCarthy's "red scare" theatrics in the early 1950s, which led to McCarthy's demise. He reminds us of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's reporting in the early 1970s that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
Today, because of revolutionary changes in journalism, no Murrow is ready at the battlements. Journalism has been severely weakened. Yet, without a virile, strong press, democracy is in peril.
Kalb's book is a frightening indictment of President Trump's efforts to delegitimize the American press—and put the future of our democracy in question.
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Index
Aaron, Johnny, 106
ABC, on 2016 presidential race, 17
Academia, communist influence in, 56, 67
Access Hollywood tape, Trump on, 18
Acheson, Dean, 56, 62–63
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 111, 113
Adams, John, 3
Affordable Care Act (2010), 34, 50–51
Africa, Trump on, 46
Agnew, Spiro, 10
Albright, Madeleine, Fascism: A Warning, 152
Allen, Mike, 130, 132
Alsop, Joseph, 117
Alsop, Stewart, 117
Alternative facts, 39, 58, 83
Aluminum tariffs, 35
American Business Consultants, Inc., Red Channels, 101
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 111, 113
American Legion, 111
Anderson, Scott, 135
Anti-Semitism, 24, 95–97
The Apprentice (TV show), 5
Army-McCarthy hearings, 81, 82–83, 86, 104–05, 118–20
Army Signal Corps, 118
Associated Press: on McCarthy’s list of communists, 64; on Trump acting alone, 40
The Atlantic, “The New McCarthyism of Donald Trump,” 47
Atlantic Alliance, 151
Authoritarianism: beginnings of, 148–53; democracy and, 59, 124; free press and, 13–14; prevention of, 153; Trump and, 7, 47, 59
Autocracies, 8, 12–13, 30
Axios: on average day of reporters covering Trump, 132–33; on fake news, 129–30; on Trump acting alone, 40; on Trump’s media relations, 130
Bannon, Stephen, 11–12, 14–16, 19, 21, 35
Baron, Martin, 20
Baruch, Bernard, 73
Beinart, Peter, 47
Benton, William, 105–06
Bernstein, Carl, 52, 140–42
Black, Hugo, 156–57
Bohlen, Charles, 27
Breitbart: “The Audacity of Corruption” (Caddell), 12; Bannon and, 14; Caddell and, 10–12; racism and white supremacy of, 14; support for Trump, 40
Brownell, Herbert, 111
Bureau of International Organization Affairs, 21
Burke, Edmund, 126–27
Bush, George W., 35
BuzzFeed, Trump on, 2
Caddell, Pat, 9–14, 128; “The Audacity of Corruption,” 12
Carlyle, Thomas, 126–27
Carroll Arms Hotel, Washington, D.C., 70
Carter, Jimmy, 10
Catholic Church, 68–69
CBS: on 2016 presidential ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- One. Crossing a Flashing Red Line
- Two. From Nero to Trump
- Three. “The Appalling Becomes Excusable”
- Four. The Comparison Is Unmistakable
- Five. “He Had a Certain Raw Wit and Charm”
- Six. Ike vs. McCarthy
- Seven. Senator, Meet Edward R. Murrow
- Eight. From the War in Europe to the War in America
- Nine. “Otherwise, It Is Not America”
- Ten. A Free Press, Now More Than Ever
- Notes
- Index