In August 2018, more than 350 news outlets across the country participated in a coordinated effort, publishing editorials that defend the vital role that a free press plays in our government.
Below are links to editorials that were published throughout New England. If you know of additional editorials, please forward them to info@nenpa.com
Connecticut
The President Wants You To Think We’re The Enemy. Here’s What We Really Do
The Hartford Courant
Trump’s rhetoric hits media hard
The Chronicle of Willimantic
Uniting our voices in defense of a free press
The Day of New London
Perspective on truth, lies, respect and hate
The Lakeville Journal and Millerton News
A response to President Trump’s continued attacks on the media
The Record-Journal
Maine
The Media is the Enemy Only if You Don’t Want to Know What Your Government is Doing
Bangor Daily News
A Free Press is the Best Defense Against Tyranny
Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel
The Best Defense Against Tyranny is a Free and Independent Press
The Portland Press Herald
There’s truth, then everything else
The Sun Journal
Massachusetts
From the editor
Fairhaven Neighborhood News
Journalists are not the ‘enemy of the people’
Athol Daily News
Trump’s Assaults on Press are Assaults on Democracy
The Berkshire Eagle
Business Community Must Reject Attacks on the Press
Boston Business Journal
Journalists are Not the Enemy
The Boston Globe
Unmoored
The Cape Cod Chronicle
Trump, Tweets and the Truth
Cape Cod Times
Citizens and Journalists
The Citizen Chronicle
Journalists Are Not the ‘Enemy of the People,’ They Are the People
The Daily Free Press
Journalists Performing Public Service Are Not the Enemy
Daily Hampshire Gazette
We (Are Not the Enemy of) the People
The Daily Item
Reporting the news in a fragmented nation
Daily News of Newburyport, The Eagle-Tribune, Salem News, Gloucester Daily Times
Freedom of the Press
The Harvard Press
The Need for a Free Press
The Inquirer and Mirror
Enemy of None
Martha’s Vineyard Times
Our editorial stand
Milton Times
Trump’s Attacks on the Press
The Provincetown Banner
Journalists are not the ‘enemy of the people’
The Recorder
Officials are Accountable Because of the Free Press
The Republican
Identifying the real enemy of the people
The Standard-Times
We Are Not the Enemy; We Are You
The Sun Chronicle
Is Humble Wellesley News Site an ‘Enemy of the People’?
The Swellesley Report
No, we’re not your enemy, President Trump
Telegram & Gazette
Press Freedom
Vineyard Gazette
We are not the enemy of the people
WBUR
We Stand for Press Freedom
Whitman-Hanson Express
New Hampshire
Enemies of the People
Concord Monitor
How can we be the enemy of the people when we are the people?
indepthNH.org
Precious priority: A free press
Keene Sentinel
The president and the press
Seacoast Media
Rhode Island
News Media Standing Up to Trump
The Newport Daily News
Enemy of the people: Shush! It could get worse!
Newport This Week
Trump Attacks the Messenger
Providence Journal
‘Enemies of the People’ is Just Trump Nonsense
The Valley Breeze
A Response to President Trump’s Continued Attacks on the Media
The Westerly Sun
Vermont
Enemy of the people?
Addison Independent, The Brandon-Pittsford Reporter, Mountain Times, The Essex Reporter, Colchester Sun, Milton Independent
The Free Press Embodies the Free Press
Burlington Free Press
An Essential Part of Our Democracy
Caledonian Record
Make No Mistake: This Attack on Our Free Press — Your Free Press — is Deliberate and Calculated
The Commons
Truly Fake News
The Hardwick Gazette
Press Freedom is a Vermont Value
Manchester Journal, Bennington Banner and the Brattleboro Reformer
Yes, we are the enemy
The Times Argus
The Wider Danger in Trump’s Troubling Attacks on Journalism
Valley News
VTDigger Joins Journalism Groups Decrying Attacks on the Media
VTDigger