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Press is the enemy of the peopl people. >> janine: and if you think that's bad, it's even worse that some of america's biggest newspapers. may i introduce you to the next editorial board member of "the new york times," sarah joh john. in 2015 sheikh tweeted "i was equating trump to hitler before it was cool. "she also lashed out against white people, tweeting "hashtag cancel white people." and "arched white people genetically predisposed to burn faster in the sun, thus logically only being fit to live underground like traveling goblins? "she also tweeted out her hatred for police, writing" [bl...

Members of, you brought a comedian up to attack my appearance and called me a traitor to my own agenda. in fact, as far as i know i'm the first press secretary in the history of the united states that has required secret service protection. the media continues to ratchet up the verbal assault against the president and everyone in this administration and certainly we have a role to play but the media has a role to play for the discourse in this country as well. >> janine: naturally those comments from sanders were met with even more resentment, watch this. because she says she speaks on behalf ...

This more pernicious than just another trump thing? >> well, he is actively making the working press a target of the wrath of people in physical proximity one to another. which is a really remarkable thing. as you mentioned, every president beginning with george washington who almost did not stand for re-election, i won't say run because nobody ran against him but almost decided not to seek a second term because he was so tired of being criticized. so this drama starts in 1792. and presses forward. what's a little different is that we used to have to at least hear from aides or in the extraord...

Happening. >> with us to talk about it tonight, john meachem, pulitzer prize winning author and historian. his latest book is the soul of america, the battle for our better angels. these talking points we just heard the president make, why is this more pernicious than just another trump thing? >> well, he is actively making the working press a target of the wrath of people in physical proximity twenty-one another. it's a really remarkable thing as you mentioned. every president beginning with george washington who almost did not stand for reelection. i won't say run because nobody ran against ...

Extraordinary moment when the press secretary will not say that the working press is not the enemy of the people. >> yeah. as you say, it's hard to determine which is a lower moment. it's an elective kind of base management. it's pernicious. this is dangerous. this is not media elite people defending elite media people. to declare that a free press is the enemy of the people. and i just would say this, if i had two minutes with president trump, which is very unlikely, what i would say is this, we know you care about success and ratings. most people do. what do you want us to think when we look...