On Monday (May 3), World Press Freedom Day, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump released statements on the same day, with Biden’s statement celebrating “the courage of truth tellers who refuse to be intimidated” and Trump’s statement focusing on the controversy surrounding the 2020 presidential election.
Biden’s press freedom day statement said, “We celebrate the courage of truth tellers who refuse to be intimidated, often at great personal risk, and we reaffirm the timeless and important role that the press and free media play in societies everywhere.”
“Journalists uncover the truth, examine abuses of power and demand transparency from those in power,” he said, adding that journalists are “essential to the functioning of democracy” and that during the pandemic, those in the media braved health risks and He added that journalists are “essential to the functioning of democracy” and that those in the media “have been on the front lines” during the pandemic, despite health risks, and have done a remarkable job.
Canadian media outlet The Independent noted that the current and former presidents also made markedly different comments on World Press Freedom Day last year.
Then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden issued a statement on May 3, 2020, praising journalists for “preserving free and open democracies at home and around the world.
On May 3, 2020, then-President Trump tweeted. He denounced that “fake news doesn’t show real polls. The crappy media is totally illegitimate and the enemy of the people!”
On the evening of May 3 last year, Trump said during a Fox News town hall, “You saw it: 94 percent or 95 percent of the media is hostile. We have tremendous support, but the media mostly leans Democrat.”
This Monday morning, former President Donald Trump sent this message, “The fraudulent 2020 presidential election will, as of today, be known as the Big Lie!”
This statement is said to continue to condemn the issue of the 2020 presidential election, after the election, Trump has repeatedly stressed that the results of this campaign should be challenged. In an effort to investigate the integrity of the election, several U.S. states released election reform bills and Arizona began a verification of 2.1 million ballots.
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