From our political correspondent Dorothy "Lottie" Dawe:
Just yesterday, Donald Trump declared that our country's free press is "the enemy of the American people." As a result, the hashtag #NotTheEnemy trended on Twitter, and in response, the ELD Museum posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's now-classic poem "Where Reporters all dare to go" as one of its Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem about the press (below on the left) features the line, "They're #NotThe Enemy."
Later I saw a graphic that included photographs of many highly respected American journalists, and it included a quote that said something like, "If you think these people are the enemies of the American people, then you are an enemy of American democracy."
Just yesterday, Donald Trump declared that our country's free press is "the enemy of the American people." As a result, the hashtag #NotTheEnemy trended on Twitter, and in response, the ELD Museum posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's now-classic poem "Where Reporters all dare to go" as one of its Featured Poems of the Week. Dickinson's poem about the press (below on the left) features the line, "They're #NotThe Enemy."
Later I saw a graphic that included photographs of many highly respected American journalists, and it included a quote that said something like, "If you think these people are the enemies of the American people, then you are an enemy of American democracy."
| | Fortunately, our country's founders had the foresight to guarantee a free press, and I was completely appalled by Trump's comment. I don't know if he said what he said because he is used to being in charge of his own business (where he can be authoritarian) and/or if he desires to run our country as a dictator -- but it will be journalists who serve as a check to Mr. Trump, and it will be journalists who call Trump and his team on their false facts and fake news. | |
So look at the pictures in our slides above on the left and right. They are just a handful of the journalists who have served or now serve as a check on our government -- and the slides do not include any of those who have died in the line of duty to keep our society free. If you think that any one of them is an enemy to the American people, then you are an enemy of American democracy.
Below on the left: Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem "Where Reporters all date to go." Below on the right: Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Where Roses would not dare to go."
Below on the left: Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem "Where Reporters all date to go." Below on the right: Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Where Roses would not dare to go."
| By Emmett Lee Dickinson: Where Reporters all dare to go, What Heart would risk the way – And so their grit and Courage Shouts They’re #NotTheEnemy | By Emily Dickinson: Where Roses would not dare to go, What Heart would risk the way – And so I send my Crimson Scouts To sound the Enemy – |
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