CNN anchor Anderson Cooper has launched a fiery attack at President Donald Trump - and one line in particular is resonating with viewers.
For the latter, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has demanded action, calling for an investigation in the US and phoning the news outlet to condemn the “troubling” violence.
“While there is no way of knowing the motivation of every single attack against the media, how can one not question if Trump’s constant assaults on the press play a role in the disrespect and disregard toward the media?” it wrote on its website. “For years, we’ve warned there would come a day when Trump’s words would move beyond rhetoric and carry over into real-world violence. The past few days have seen those fears come to fruition.”
“Of course violence is no answer, but people protesting deserve answers, and they haven’t gotten them, no matter how many black men have been murdered, lynched, imprisoned, mistreated, redlined, blackballed from jobs. We all know it. People protesting in the streets, they know it, and they’re tired of it. And we should be too.”
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