More than 300 news publications across the United States have committed to a Boston Globe-coordinated effort to run editorials Thursday promoting the freedom of the press, in light of President Trump’s frequent attacks on the media.
Some of the most respected and widely circulated newspapers in the country have committed to taking a stand in their editorial pages, including The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Denver Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Chicago Sun-Times. The list ranges from large metropolitan dailies to small weekly papers with circulations as low as 4,000.
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The Globe initiative comes amid the president’s repeated verbal attacks on journalists, calling mainstream press organizations “fake news” and “the enemy of the American people.” Tensions came to a boil in early August when CNN reporter Jim Acosta walked out of a press briefing after White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders refused to refute Trump’s “enemy of the people” comments.
‘‘We are not the enemy of the people,’’ Marjorie Pritchard, deputy managing editor of the Globe’s opinion page, told the AP last week.
The Globe’s request to denounce the “dirty war against the free press” has been promoted by industry groups such as the American Society of News Editors, as well as regional groups like the New England Newspaper and Press Association. The request also suggested editorial boards take a stand against Trump’s words regardless of their politics, or whether they generally editorialized in support of or in opposition to the president’s policies.
‘‘Our words will differ. But at least we can agree that such attacks are alarming,’’ the Globe appeal said.
As of last Friday, 70 newspapers had committed to the initiative. By Tuesday, that number had grown to about 200, and the number jumped again to more than 300 on Wednesday.
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Pritchard previously said the decision to reach out to newspapers was reached after Trump appeared to step up his rhetoric in recent weeks. He called the media “fake, fake disgusting news” at an Aug. 2 rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
‘‘Whatever happened to the free press? Whatever happened to honest reporting?’’ he asked at the rally, pointing to journalists covering the event. ‘‘They don’t report it. They only make up stories.’’
Pritchard said she hoped the editorials would make an impression on Americans.
‘‘I hope it would educate readers to realize that an attack on the First Amendment is unacceptable,’’ she said. ‘‘We are a free and independent press; it is one of the most sacred principles enshrined in the Constitution.’’
This isn’t the first time the Globe’s opinion board has taken a stand against Trump and his policies. In April 2016, while Trump was still campaigning for president, the Globe’s opinion page ran a scathing editorial in its Sunday edition, accompanied by a satirical front page envisioning an America under a Trump presidency. Trump called the Globe “stupid” and “worthless” that Sunday during a rally in New York.
The following is a list, updated Wednesday afternoon, of news organizations that have committed to running editorials on Aug. 16:
Akron Beacon Journal
Albuquerque Journal
Alpena News
American News
Ames Tribune
Anderson Observer
Anniston Star
Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Daily Sun
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Athens News
Athol Daily News
Atlantic City Weekly
Austin American Statesman
Baltimore Sun
Bangor Daily News
Beaverton Valley Times
Berkshire Eagle, Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer, Manchester Journal
Big Bend Sentinel and Presidio International
Bismarck Tribune
Bluff Country Newspaper Group (six separate newspapers)
Boise Weekly
Boston Business Journal
Bozeman Chronicle
Bristol Herald Courier
Brockton Enterprise
Brunswick News
Bucks County Courier Times
Burlington County Times
Cannon Beach Gazette
Cape Cod Chronicle
Cape Cod Times
Cape Cod Times
CapeCodWave.com
Center for Public Integrity
Chagrin Valley Times
Chicago Sun Times
Chico News and Review
Chronicle Express
Chronicle-Telegram
Cincinnati City Beat
Citizen Chronicle
Citrus County Chronicle
Coachella Valley Independent
Columbian Progress
Columbus Dispatch
Commercial News
Commercial Review
Commonwealth Journal
Concord Monitor
Connersville News-Examiner
Courier Sentinel
Crawford County Independent
Daily Free Press
Daily Globe
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Daily Herald
Daily Ledger
Daily News
Daily Times
Dallas News
Dalles Chronicle
Darien Times
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Deadline Detroit
Deerfield Valley News
Denton Record-Chronicle
Denver Post
Des Moines Register
Detroit Free Press
DeWitt Observer
Dixon’s Independent Voice
Dodgeville Chronicle
Duluth News Tribune
Dyersville Commercial, Manchester Press, and Cascade Pioneer
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
Echo Press
Edgefield Advertiser
El Diario
Erie Times News
Essex Media Group
Estacada News
Eugene Weekly
Examiner Media: The Examiner, White Plains Examiner, Northern Westchester Examiner, Putnam Examiner
Falls City Journal
Farmington Daily Times
Fayette Advocate
Fenimore Times
Finger Lakes Times
Folio weekly
Forest Grove News-Times
Forum Home
Francesville Tribune
Freeman South Dakota Editorial
Fresno Bee
Fulton County News
Garden City News
Garretson Gazette
Gaston Gazette
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Gettysbrug Times
Glasgow Daily Times
Grant County Herald
Greenboro Reporter
Greenwood Commonwealth
Gresham Outlook
Griggs County Courier and Steel County Press
Grosse Pointe News
Hardwick Gazette
Hartford Courant
Highlands News Sun
Hillsboro Free Press
Hillsboro Tribune
Holland Sentinel
Honolulu Civil Beat
Hood River News
Houghton Lake Resorter
Houston Chronicle
Idyllwild Town Crier
Insider NJ
Islip Bulletin and Long Island Advance and Suffolk County News
Jackson Citizen Patriot
Jamestown Sun
Jennings Daily News
Jersey Journal
Johnson Newspaper Corp. (five dailies and 12 weeklies)
Journal Opinion
Journal Star of Peoria
Journal-Times
Kalamazoo Gazette
Kansas City Star
Keene Sentinel
Kennebac Journal
Kenosha News
Kokomo Tribune
La Opinión
Lake Geneva Regional News
Lake Oswego Review
Lakeville Journal and Millerton News
Lawrence Journal World
Leader-News
LNP Lancaster online
Long Beach Post
Longview News Journal
Los Alamos Daily Post
Machias Valley News Observe
Mackinack Island Town Crier
Madras Pioneer
Martha’s Vineyard Times
McCluskey Gazette
Metro West Daily News and Milford Daily News
Miami Herald
Milton Times
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Montevideo American-News
Morgan County News
Morning Sentinel
Morrisons Cove Herald
Mountrail County Promoter
Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror
Nashville Scene
New York Daily News
New York Times
Newport This Week
News and Tribune
News Times
Nieman Foundation
North Carolina Health News
North Coast Journal
North Shore News Group (six community newspapers)
Northwest Michigan Voice
Northwest Michigan Voice
Observer Reporter
Oklahoman
Omaha World-Herald
Orange County Register
Park Rapids Enterprise
Patriot Ledger
Philadelphia Inquirer
Plympton-Halifax Express
Portland Press Herald
Progress Index
Providence Journal
Provincetown Banner
QNS. Queens Courier, Ridgewood Times
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Ransom County Gazette and The Sargent County Teller
Rapid City Journal
Rappahannock News (Washington, Va.)
InsideNoVa.com (Northern Virginia’s leading news web site
Rawlins County Square Deal
Real Change News
Record Journal
Register Mail
Review
Richmond Register
Ripon Press
Rochester City News
Rochester City News
Rockford Register Star
Roswell Daily Record
S. Florida Sun Sentinel
Sag Harbor Express
Salina Journal
San Antonio Express
San Diego Tribune
San Jose Mercury News and the East Bay Times
Sandy Post
Sante Fe New Mexican
Seaford and Laurel Stars
(Morningstar Publications)
Seward Independent (four publications)
Siuslaw News
SizingUpTheSouth.com, (Society of Professional Journalists - Region 3)
SLO Tribune
South Bend Tribune
Springfield Republican
St. Ignace News
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Star Democrat
Star News
Star News
State Journal Register
Steele Ozone and Kidder County Press
Storm Lake Times
Sun
Sun Journal
Swift County Monitor
”Swift County Monitor-News, Benson, MN
Grant County Herald, Elbow Lake, MN
Tampa Bay Times
Telegram and Gazette
The (Houma, La.) Courier and the (Thibodaux, La.) Daily Comet
The Altamont Enterprise Albany County Post
The Ann Arbor News
The Bay City Times
The Bedford Record-Review
The Black Voice News
The Brunswick Beacon
The Butler County Times-Gazette
The Canton Repository
The Chronicle
The Commons
The Courier
The Courier-Times (New Castle)
The Culpeper Times (Culpeper, Va.)
The Daily Advance
The Daily Item
The Daily Reflector
The Day
The Fayetteville Observer
The Flint Journal
The Gazette
The Grand Rapids Press
The Guadalupe County Communicator
The Herald
The Herald Democrat
The Herald Journal
The Herald-Times
The Hub City Post
The Hull Times
The Intelligencer
The Jefferson Chronicle
The Journal News/lohud.com
The Morehead News
The Muskegon Chronicle
The News Enterprise
The News Herald
The North Coast Journal
The North Scott Press
The Oakridger
The Plymouth Review
The Portland Tribune
The Press Democrat
The Queens Courier and Ridgewood Times
The River Reporter
The Saginaw News
The Sentinel of Gloucester County
The Shelbyville News
The Slidell Independent
the Standard
The Star News
The Sylva Herald
The Taos News
The Three Rivers Commercial-News
The Times
The Times Tribune
The Town and Country Weekly
The Wave
Times Herald Record
Times of North Little Rock
Times Standard
Times Tribune
Tomahawk Leader
Topeka Capital-Journal
Trentonian
Triad City Beat
Tucson Sentinel
Tulsa Voice
Tulsa World
Union County Leader
Valencia News Bulletin
Van Buren County Democrat
Wanderer
Wapakoneta Daily News
Warwick Beacon
Wellesley Report
West Linn Tidings
Whitman-Hanson Express
Whitman-Hanson Express/ Plympton-Halifax Express
Wilsonville Spokesman
Wisconsin Gazette
Woodburn Independent
Yankton County Observer
Yellow Springs News
YourArlington.com
This story was updated at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.