A top United Nations official has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for his repeated criticisms of the news media. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein is warning Trump’s comments could incite violence against news media workers. He also accused the president of attacking “freedom of the press.” Trump has repeatedly criticized news organizations such as The New York Times newspaper and CNN television for their reporting. He has also been critical of The Washington Post newspaper, which is part of the internet business Amazon. The president criticized some media organizations for their reports on violence in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier this month. The violence took place at a demonstration called by white nationalists. Their opponents launched a counter-protest to answer the demonstration. One counter-protester was killed in the violence. Later, Trump criticized the media for their reporting, calling some reporters “truly dishonest people” for the way they described those events. Al-Hussein spoke about Trump’s recent comments in Geneva Wednesday. “To call these news organizations fake does tremendous damage,” the U.N. official said. He went on to question criticizing individual reporters. “Is this not an incitement for others to attack journalists” he asked? Al-Hussein called the violence in Charlottesville an “abomination.” He added that a reporter from the Guardian newspaper had been, in his words, “assaulted in the United States most recently.” The U.N. official also expressed concern over Trump’s decision to pardon Joe Arpaio, a former Arizona law enforcement official. A court had found Arpaio guilty of disobeying the order of a federal judge to halt targeting immigrants at traffic stops. The Trump administration announced the pardon last Friday. Al-Hussein also said he was worried about comments the president has made in the past about women, Mexicans and Muslims. Al-Hussein formerly served as Jordan’s ambassador to the United States. He has been the U.N.’s top human rights official since September 1, 2014. I’m Mario Ritter. Wayne Lee reported this story for VOANews.com. Mario Ritter adapted his report for Learning English. His story includes additional material from the Reuters news agency. George Grow was the editor. ________________________________________________________________ Words in This Story fake – adj. not real tremendous – adj. to a very great or high level abomination – n. something that causes horror or hatred We want to hear from you. Write to us in the Comments section, and visit our Facebook page.
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