Get rid of them

In a recent meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the topic of fake news came up. Trump was reported to have said "Get rid of them" in regards to the journalists. According to Julian Borger of the Guardian, "Twenty-six journalists have been murdered in Russia since Putin first became president, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), many of them investigative reporters scrutinising governmental abuses." This is a very alarming statistic and the fact that murdering journalists was publicly spoken about by the leaders of two very large nations should be extremely concerning. What makes matter even worse is that both of these leaders have publicly expressed their disdain for journalists.


Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/28/smirking-trump-jokes-to-putin-dont-meddle-in-us-election-g20

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