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Hundreds Of Newspapers Denounce Trump's Attacks On Media In Coordinated Editorials

Editorial staff at The Boston Globe coordinated a campaign for hundreds of papers to simultaneously publish opinion pieces defending the role of the free press.
<em>The Boston Globe</em>'s logo as seen through the windows across from the new location of the <em>Globe</em> in Boston. The paper's editors coordinated a campaign defending a free press in editorials.

More than 300 news publications across the country are joining together to defend the role of a free press and denounce President Trump's ongoing attacks on the news media in coordinated editorials publishing Thursday, according a tally by The Boston Globe.

The project was spearheaded by who write, "This relentless assault on the free press has dangerous consequences. We asked editorial boards from around the country – liberal and

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