USA: Trump verbally attacked the media more than 100 times in run-up to election - IFEX

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

23% : Trump has repeatedly issued specific threats to weaponize the U.S. government against the media when he is displeased with their coverage.
22% : In an eight-week long period analyzed by RSF, Trump insulted, attacked, or threatened the media at least 108 times in public speeches or remarks from September 1 to October 24.
13% : Early into a speech Trump delivered at a September 18 campaign rally in Uniondale, New York, he told his assembled crowd of supporters that he had a message to deliver to "the fake news media."
11% : Trump has long dubbed any media that is critical of him "fake news," using the term as many as 2,000 times during his presidency.
5% : Following Democratic nominee Kamala Harris's interview with the CBS program "60 Minutes," Trump accused the show of manipulating Harris's responses to appear more flattering and posted on his social media site Truth Social that "CBS should lose its license."

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