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28 Jun: Aspen Daily News: Media matters: Washington Post editor discusses Trump coverage, newspaper’s mission by Andre Salvail
photo: Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron, right, speaks with CNN personality Brian Stelter during an Aspen Ideas Festival session on Wednesday
Asked whether he felt there is a “national emergency” because of President Donald Trump’s extreme disdain for the mainstream media, Washington Post editor Martin Baron said it’s not his place to say whether such a crisis exists.
“I know what our place is, and that is to cover very aggressively this administration, as we would any other administration,” said Baron, taking questions Wednesday from CNN personality Brian Stelter at the Aspen Ideas Festival...
Baron said he is inspired by the Post’s journalistic principles every day when he walks into the newsroom: The first one being, “Tell the truth,” insomuch as the truth may be ascertained, he said...
“I think the truth is being undermined,” he said. “There seems to be a deliberate effort to subvert the role of … the media as an independent arbiter of fact.” Not only is the role of the media being subverted, he added, but also the courts and scientists...
https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/media-matters-washington-post-editor-discusses-trump-coverage-newspaper-s/article_8e449a78-7a83-11e8-9aff-7f65e514ca07.html
LinkedIn: Andre Salvail
Summary:
Highly skilled in the communications arena: journalism, public relations and marketing...
Jesuit High School, Shreveport, LA
1981 – 1984
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-salvail-826a5013
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