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International desk: President Donald Trump's media attacks raise the risk of violence against journalists, UN experts have warned.<\/p>\nInternational desk: President Donald Trump's media attacks raise the risk of violence against journalists, UN experts have warned.<\/p>\n
In a statement, David Kaye and Edison Lanza of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights called the attacks “strategic” and said they undermined press freedom and “verifiable facts”.<\/p>\n
The comments follow hours after Mr Trump's daughter Ivanka distanced herself from her father's attacks.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump has repeatedly criticised the media before and during his presidency.<\/p>\n
He has declared journalists to be “enemies of the people”, drawing condemnation from across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Thursday, his daughter Ivanka broke from her father's remarks – prompting a tweet from Mr Trump in which he attacked “fake news” as the real threat.<\/p>\n
But White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday refused to say the media were not enemies, causing a CNN reporter to walk out of the briefing.<\/p>\n
Mr Kaye and Mr Lanza said the president's assaults “increase the risk of journalists being targeted with violence” in their joint statement, and were “designed to undermine confidence in reporting”.<\/p>\n
Their warning follows a number of attacks from the president, his administration and his supporters over the past week.<\/p>\n
At a presidential rally in Florida on Tuesday, CNN filmed Mr Trump's supporters yelling insults and swearing at reporters covering the event. CNN presenter Jim Acosta tweeted a clip, which contained strong language.<\/p>\n
And on Sunday, the publisher of the New York Times urged the president to stop using the phrase “enemies of the people” after he launched a Twitter tirade against the media.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump's frequent attacks have drawn criticism from even those close to him and within his party.<\/p>\n
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci condemned Trump's supporters at the Florida rally on Twitter, saying the behaviour was “not who we are”.<\/p>\n
Republican senator for Arizona Jeff Flake meanwhile has compared Mr Trump to the former USSR dictator Joseph Stalin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
International desk: President Donald Trump’s media attacks raise the risk of violence against journalists, UN experts have warned. In a statement, David Kaye and Edison Lanza of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights called the attacks “strategic” and said they undermined press freedom and “verifiable facts”. The comments follow hours after Mr Trump’s daughter Ivanka […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":46159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n