Enemy of the people? ... Who us?

“The only security of all is in a free press.”

—Thomas Jefferson

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I had full intentions of writing a different column, one that discussed the changing landscape of technology and how it was forcing newspapers to evolve. Following the live-streams of the debates at the Bear Trap and the Platte Valley Community Center, it seemed fitting to discuss the use of social media in journalism.

I was looking forward to it, too.

That changed with a tweet sent in the early morning hours of Aug. 5, though.

“The Fake News hates me saying that they are the Enemy of the People only because they...

 

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