亚利桑那州的共和党参议员杰夫弗莱克(Jeff Flake)对美国总统唐纳德特朗普(Donald Trump)发起了一次猛烈抨击，因特朗普不断批评“假新闻媒体”而将其比作斯大林(Stalin)。
Jeff Flake, a Republican senator from Arizona, launched a scorching attack on President Donald Trump, comparing him to Stalin for his relentless criticisms of the “fake news media”.
作为最敢于批评特朗普的共和党人之一，弗莱克就这位总统对媒体的评论——特朗普去年称媒体是“人民公敌”——对其进行了严厉批评。
Mr Flake, one of the most vocal Republican critics of Mr Trump, castigated the president over his comments about the media, which he last year called the “enemy of the people”.
弗莱克在一场辛辣的演讲中表示：“我们自己的总统竟用了约瑟夫斯大林(Josef Stalin)形容自己敌人时所说的臭名昭著的用语，这说明了我们的民主所处的状态。当一个掌权者条件反射式地称所有不合他意的新闻为‘假新闻’时，这个人才该成为被怀疑的对象，而不是新闻界。”弗莱克没有寻求连任。
“It is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by Josef Stalin to describe his enemies,” Mr Flake, who is not seeking re-election, said in a searing speech. “When a figure in power reflexively calls any press that doesn’t suit him ‘fake news’ it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press.”