Trump's defense chief says has no problems with mediaABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday distanced himself from President Donald Trump’s assessment of the media as “the enemy of the American people,” saying during his first trip to the Middle East that he had no problems with the press. Mattis, a retired Marine general seen as one of the most influential voices in Trump’s cabinet, did not mention his boss by name. But asked about Trump’s Tweet on Friday that branded the media as America’s enemy, Mattis took a different position entirely. “I’ve had some rather contentious times with the press. But no, the press, as far as I’m concerned, are a constituency that we deal with,” he told reporters traveling with him in the United Arab Emirates. “And I don’t have any issues with the press, myself,” Mattis added. Since his Jan. 20 inauguration, Trump has fiercely criticized various news outlets that have reported unflattering revelations of dysfunction or other problems in the White House.  He has described them as “lying”, “corrupt” and “failing,” and late on Friday he said the news media was “the enemy of the American people.”  Asked about the latest salvo, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus told CBS’s “Face the Nation” program, “I think you should take (Trump’s Twitter statement) seriously.” “Certainly we would never condone violence. But I do think that we condone critical thought,” Priebus said, adding the media, in some cases, needed to “get its act together.” Mattis spoke after talks with European leaders at a security conference in Munich, Germany, where U.S. Senator John McCain warned that suppressing the free press was “how dictators get started.” “If you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time,” McCain told NBC’s “Meet the Press” program on Sunday. On Friday McCain told the Munich forum that the resignation of Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, over his contacts with Russia reflected “disarray” in Washington. But Mattis played down any concerns about the reshuffling within the administration. “Welcome to democracy. It’s at times wildly contentious, it’s at times quite sporting. But the bottom line is this is the best form of government that we can come up with,” he said. Mattis added that the military was very ready to “hold the line” as the political process played out. “We don’t have any disarray inside the military and that’s where my responsibility lies,” he said. politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Trump's defense chief says has no problems with mediaABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday distanced himself from President Donald Trump’s assessment of the media as “the enemy of the American people,” saying during his first trip to the Middle East that he had no problems with the press. Mattis, a retired Marine general seen as one of the most influential voices in Trump’s cabinet, did not mention his boss by name. But asked about Trump’s Tweet on Friday that branded the media as America’s enemy, Mattis took a different position entirely. “I’ve had some rather contentious times with the press. But no, the press, as far as I’m concerned, are a constituency that we deal with,” he told reporters traveling with him in the United Arab Emirates. “And I don’t have any issues with the press, myself,” Mattis added. Since his Jan. 20 inauguration, Trump has fiercely criticized various news outlets that have reported unflattering revelations of dysfunction or other problems in the White House.  He has described them as “lying”, “corrupt” and “failing,” and late on Friday he said the news media was “the enemy of the American people.”  Asked about the latest salvo, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus told CBS’s “Face the Nation” program, “I think you should take (Trump’s Twitter statement) seriously.” “Certainly we would never condone violence. But I do think that we condone critical thought,” Priebus said, adding the media, in some cases, needed to “get its act together.” Mattis spoke after talks with European leaders at a security conference in Munich, Germany, where U.S. Senator John McCain warned that suppressing the free press was “how dictators get started.” “If you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time,” McCain told NBC’s “Meet the Press” program on Sunday. On Friday McCain told the Munich forum that the resignation of Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, over his contacts with Russia reflected “disarray” in Washington. But Mattis played down any concerns about the reshuffling within the administration. “Welcome to democracy. It’s at times wildly contentious, it’s at times quite sporting. But the bottom line is this is the best form of government that we can come up with,” he said. Mattis added that the military was very ready to “hold the line” as the political process played out. “We don’t have any disarray inside the military and that’s where my responsibility lies,” he said. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: trump defense chief says problems mediaabu dhabi reuters defense secretary jim mantis sunday distanced president donald trump assessment media enemy american people saying first trip middle east problems press mantis retired marine general seen one influential voices trump cabinet mention boss name but asked trump tweet friday branded media america enemy mantis took different position entirely i rather contentious times press but press far i concerned constituency deal told reporters traveling united arab emirates and i issues press mantis added since inauguration trump fiercely criticized various news outlets reported unflattering revelations dysfunction problems white house he described lying corrupt failing late friday said news media enemy american asked latest salvo white house chief staff rence priests told cbs face nation program i think take trump twitter statement certainly would never condone violence but i think condone critical thought priests said adding media cases needed get act mantis spoke talks european leaders security conference munich germany senator john mccain warned suppressing free press dictators get if want preserve democracy know free many times adversarial press and without i afraid would lose much individual liberties time mccain told nbc meet press program sunday on friday mccain told munich forum resignation trump national security adviser michael flynn contacts russia reflected disarray washington but mantis played concerns reshuffling within administration welcome democracy it times wildly contentious times quite sporting but bottom line best form government come said mantis added military ready hold line political process played we disarray inside military responsibility lies said politicsnews