CNN Anchor: Trump Putting Journalists In Danger; "Declaration Of War On Media" Has "Emboldened" War Zones

CNN's Clarissa Ward, a foreign correspondent, served as guest co-host on Wednesday's broadcast of CNN's <i>News Day</i>. Ward fretted that "people" in war zones have been "emboldened" by President Trump's "declaration of war on the media." Ward, expressing concern for members of the media in dangerous areas of the world, said to guest Chris Cillizza, 'I can only imagine what a person like you is dealing with. At what point does this become reckless or irresponsible?' It should be noted Chris Cillizza is a Washington-based political correspondent and commentator. <b>RELATED: <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/06/28/cnns_cuomo_this_whole_fake_news_thing_needs_to_end_and_it_needs_to_end_right_now.html">CNN's Cuomo: This Whole Fake News Thing Needs To End, And It Needs To End Right Now</a></b> <i>Playboy</i> White House correspondent Brian Karem, who has <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/06/28/reporter_that_admonished_whs_huckabee_told_us_to_watch_cnn_video_claims_reporters_have_agenda.html">received new-found fame</a> after his <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/06/27/hucakbee_sanders_weve_been_on_this_russia-trump_hoax_for_the_better_part_of_a_year_with_no_evidence.html">exchange with White House deputy spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders at Tuesday's press briefing</a>, said Ward is "absolutely right" and talked about the trial and tribulations of reporters who have been jailed and even killed. <b>RELATED: <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/06/28/attkisson_well-funded_actors_manipulating_news_trust_your_cognitive_dissonance.html">Attkisson: "Well-Funded Actors" Manipulating News; "Trust Your Cognitive Dissonance"</a></b> "Our newspapers after Donald Trump's election, we've gotten threats from both the far left and the far right," Karem said. "They are emboldened, it is dangerous, and the fact of the matter is, it is insulting to the memory of the people who have given their lives for the cause for providing information to the public to then be told you are fake media, you do not matter, and what you're doing is false." <b>RELATED: <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/06/28/cnns_acosta_on_trump_what_were_witnessing_right_now_is_the_erosion_of_our_freedoms.html">CNN's Acosta On Trump: "What We're Witnessing Right Now Is The Erosion Of Our Freedoms"</a></b> <b>RELATED: <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/06/28/hannity_rips_fake_news_acosta_hes_looking_for_ways_to_damage_the_president.html">Hannity Rips "Fake News" Acosta: "He's Looking For Ways To Damage The President"</a></b> Karem went as far to predict "we are going to see a reporter face physical harm because" of Trump. "And quite frankly, every one of us should stand up against that because it is undermining the First Amendment. It is dangerous, making it dangerous for reporters. You're absolutely right, there is going to come a time, and it's not going to be too far off I surmise when we're going to see a reporter is going to face physical harm because of this," he said. Transcript, via CNN: <blockquote>CLARISSA WARD, CNN HOST: Chris, at what point does this become dangerous? And I'm not just talking about dangerous in terms of tearing at the social fabric, I'm talking about dangerous as in a journalist gets hurt, because I can tell you working overseas in war zones, people are emboldened by the actions of this administration, emboldened by the all-out declaration of war on the media. If I'm getting it in the neck, Chris, I can only imagine what a person like you is dealing with. At what point does this become reckless or irresponsible, Chris? CHRIS CILLIZZA, EDITOR AT LARGE, CNN POLITICS: I don't want to say we're past that point. BRIAN KAREM, 'PLAYBOY' WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: We are past that point. CILLIZZA: I think it is already dangerous what the Trump administration is doing, which is Brian's point. They are trying to taken an honest mistake, or not even a mistake, and turn it into the norm as opposed -- the rule opposed to the exception, which is a very dangerous thing because that's willfully misleading, frankly. The idea that Dave Farenthold, who was my colleague for a very long time and doesn't toot his own horn enough, the idea he was attacked for doing what he did had nothing to do with the quality of the journalism he was doing. It was 100 percent about it was a bad story for Donald Trump. In Donald Trump's world the media is judged by you are good if you write things that are good for Donald Trump. You are objectively bad if you criticize Donald Trump. It is not our job to be liked by Donald Trump. It is not our job to report the news -- as Sean Spicer said and Sarah said it yesterday, you guys ignore the news that's important. You know, I do think the Russian hacking of an election is important news. CUOMO: Right. CILLIZZA: We can debate collusion. They're right, there's no evidence of that. But this is about the broader hacking of an election. In Dave's case it was about a charitable organization that didn't give to charity for the man who was running to be the president of the United States. It doesn't have to do with the fact Donald Trump is a Republican. I guarantee you a million times over, because I know Dave personally, if it was the Hillary Clinton Foundation doing the same thing, he would have done the same reporting. That's what's maddening when you're watching this. </blockquote>