Trump won an award from the Committee to Protect Journalists

Donald Trump may have delayed his own "MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE YEAR," but in the meantime he's picked up a coveted prize himself: the Committee to Protect Journalists' Overall Achievement in Undermining Global Press Freedom award.

The CPJ announced its own Press Oppressor awards Monday, and Trump joined such illustrious leaders as Vladimir Putin, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Egypt's Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the winners' podium.

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The awards aim to recognize "world leaders who have gone out of their way to attack the press and undermine the norms that support freedom of the media." Read more...

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