Crowds, Stoked by Trump’s Rhetoric, Increase Their Ire Toward the Press

In the back of a fairground auditorium in Tampa, as President Donald Trump presided over a rally dedicated to denigrating his enemies, the journalists dispatched to cover the proceedings attracted their own raucous crowd. Several journalists described an atmosphere of hostility that felt particularly hard-edge. And far from condemning these attacks on the press, the president and his team have endorsed them. The president has recently revived his “enemy of the people” line about the mainstream news media, sprinkling the phrase into his public remarks. Now, news organizations are anticipating an unnerving autumn, as their reporters prepare to fan out across the country for a fresh round of Trump rallies before the midterm elections.