President Trump’s political allies are trying to raise at least $2 million to investigate reporters and editors of The New York Times, The Washington Post and other outlets, according to a three-page fundraising pitch reviewed by Axios.
Why it matters: Trump’s war on the media is expanding. This group will target reporters and editors, while other GOP 2020 entities go after the social media platforms, alleging bias, officials tell us.
- The group claims it will slip damaging information about reporters and editors to “friendly media outlets,” such as Breitbart, and traditional media, if possible.
- People involved in raising the funds include GOP consultant Arthur Schwartz and the “loose network” that the N.Y. Times reported last week is targeting journalists. The operations are to be run by undisclosed others.
- The prospectus for the new project says it’s “targeting the people producing the news.”
Gee I wonder where they got this idea…
From: German Neo-Nazis Are Doxxing Journalists on ‘Enemy’ Lists: ‘We Will Get You All’
(Aug 30 2019)
German journalists are calling on the government to do more to protect them from right-wing extremists, after reporters’ names have turned up on neo-Nazis’ “enemy lists.”
German police raids on domestic far-right terror networks in recent years have uncovered lists containing more than 35,000 names of politicians, activists, and journalists deemed to be “enemies” of their cause. The lists have names such as “We will get you all”; some have featured the targets’ phone numbers and home addresses.
The groups named by the right-wing extremists say the authorities have failed to take the threat against them seriously enough. Many people were informed that their names were on an “enemy” list not by the police but by third parties such as antifa groups. Others complain that the police informed them but failed to provide any protection in response.