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Are President Trump’s attacks on the media really so unusual?

Brooke Gladstone, editor and host of On the Media on National Public Radio in the US, says the relationship between Presidents and the media has always been tense, but President Trump’s condemnation of the whole institution and its fundamental purpose is unprecedented.

(Photo: Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the 'Spin Room' after the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. Credit: Getty Images)

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