S.E. Cupp: When Trump ‘Villainizes the Press Writ Large,’ It Undermines a ‘Pillar of Democracy’

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CUPP: "I do. Look, you know, I was talking to Cokie Roberts, a veteran journalist, about this recently, and she said, look, the media doesn’t need to be popular. That’s not our job. And so we shouldn’t necessarily worry about popularity or our approval in the polls. But the poll that you talked about is trust, and that should matter to the media. So, when Donald Trump villainizes the press writ large, that’s dangerous. It’s not dangerous because it hurts our feelings. It’s not dangerous because people dislike us. It’s dangerous because it undermines the real importance of this pillar of democracy, a strong, credible free press. And he does it with lots of different institutions to try to undermine the trust in them, so that he is the only entity that is trusted by the public. It’s the popular dictator tactic, frankly, not to sound, you know, overly dramatic. It is what people do. But with particular — with particular attention to the press, he is really trying to erode trust, and it seems to be working."