Enemy of the people? ... Who us?

“The only security of all is in a free press.”

—Thomas Jefferson

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I had full intentions of writing a different column, one that discussed the changing landscape of technology and how it was forcing newspapers to evolve. Following the live-streams of the debates at the Bear Trap and the Platte Valley Community Center, it seemed fitting to discuss the use of social media in journalism.

I was looking forward to it, too.

That changed with a tweet sent in the early morning hours of Aug. 5, though.

“The Fake News hates me saying that they are the Enemy of the People only because they know it’s TR...