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The president went on a 24-hour tear against negative media coverage of him after his bipartisan meeting aimed at ending the partial government shutdown. Meanwhile, CNN's Jim Acosta was mocked on Twitter for a video intended to delegitimize Trump's call…

Trump has spent much of the last few years portraying some of the alleged suspect's targets — as well as the entire Democratic Party, the news media, figures in his own administration and many of his other critics — as…

CNN's Don Lemon discusses President Trump's recent decision to revoke the security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan.

“Did you mention to somebody doing a history of U.S.-Iranian relations?” he asked aides who had gathered in his Senate office to help him prepare. The town hall meeting in mid-May came off seamlessly, before a modest live audience at the Capitol Visitor Center. The event provided a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the grass-roots efforts Mr. Sanders has become known for, as his team revved up its campaign engine: A week later, Mr. Sanders would announce his bid for re-election to the Senate. The Iran town hall event would be the third Mr. Sanders has held this year; more than one million people viewed the first, on health care, and roughly 2.5 million watched the second, on inequality, according to Mr. Sanders’s team. President Trump eschewed traditional television advertising during the 2016 campaign and can now overshadow even his own party’s message at the drop of a tweet. Some two-thirds of Americans get at least some of their news on social media, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. “Politicians have always wanted to control the message — they’ve always wanted to dominate the talk,” he said. “In a media environment where you have all kinds of platforms on which to play — only a few of which you have to submit yourself to questions by reporter — then sure, you’re going to use those platforms.” Then there are the politicians who talk mostly, if not exclusively, to friendly reporters, in a different kind of direct appeal to voters. And during the interview this month, as he strode back to his office, Mr. Sanders bristled when asked about his son, who is running for Congress in New Hampshire. He did not take questions.

China's ruling Communist Party has recently proposed to abolish term limits on the presidency, paving the way for President Xi Jinping to stay in office as long as the party is willing to keep him there. "In traditional Chinese culture, there is a need for a guiding voice, a leading will," explains Wang Yiwei, professor of International Relations at Renmin University of China. Five years later, Xi Jinping took power, having marketed himself as an anti-corruption champion. And the media outlets reporting on that story played a central part in it. When they do actually report, they only put out good news, and reduce so-called 'negative energy' or whatever is critical. Control of the press is at an unprecedented level." Weibo has long been a principal platform for political dissent, with users signing up with fake names. Since last year, Beijing has made it mandatory for Weibo users to register with their real names. Is it possible that the party can control even more media? Lead contributors: Chang Ping, writer and journalist Deng Yuwen, political commentator Megha Rajagopalan, China Bureau chief, Buzzfeed Dr Wang Yiwei, professor of International Relations, Renmin University of China Source: Al Jazeera News