Trump supporters use Nazi term to abuse journalists

OHIO, US: Supporters of Donald Trump have been filmed using a Nazi term to abuse journalists.

A recording made after a speech by the Republican presidential candidate in Cleveland, Ohio, shows people attending the event staying behind to yell abuse at reporters.  One shouts: “L?genpresse – that’s what you are”. Another man then repeats the word before the first says: “You said it right.”

The phrase, meaning “lying press” in German, was frequently used by the Nazis to attack parts of the media deemed to be not loyal enough to the party or its aims. It often went hand-in-hand with anti-Semitic claims about Jews or communists controlling the media.

More recently the term has become popular among far-right nationalists in Germany who use it to complain the media is not telling the truth about immigrants and Islam. Anti-Muslim protestors have been heard to shout  ‘L?genpresse, halt die Freese” ("Shut up, lying press") during rallies. Last year the term was voted the German ‘Non-Word of the Year’ after being chosen from 730 suggestions.  "'L?genpresse' is a word contaminated by the Nazis," Nina Janich, a professor at the Technical University Darmstadt and the head of the selection panel, said at the time.