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Liberal media compare President Donald Trump’s treatment of the media to that of Stalin, but Trump “has done nothing” to them, conservative pundit, author and Constitutional Scholar Mark Levin says.

In a video promoting his new book, “Unfreedom of the Press,” Levin says Trump ‘directs his anger correctly” at specific news organizations and reporters – unlike the Russian tyrant:

“This president has been accused of leading a war against the media. (CNN’s) Jim Acosta will have a book out – two, three, four weeks after mine. And, it’s something I was anticipating when I wrote my book. “Is Donald Trump a great threat to freedom of the press? What has Donald Trump done, exactly, to freedom of the press? He’s done exactly nothing. “He directs his anger correctly, and his disappointment at specific news organizations and at specific reporters. He’ll call them, here and there, enemy of the people, and, they say, ‘That’s just like Stalin.’ “Let me tell you something, folks: Donald Trump has done nothing to the media.”

Levin says Trump’s treatment of the press pales in comparison of that of some “great” past presidents who actually ran "true censorship operations":

“And, I go through the history and compare what he’s done to what past presidents have done – the great John Adams, the great Abraham Lincoln. I go into what others have done: Woodrow Wilson – things that you’ve never heard of before. “I move from Woodrow Wilson to Franklin Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt to John Kennedy, to Lyndon Johnson, and others. They had true censorship operations that took place. “Trump has none of these things. And, I go into detail about that so you’ll understand context.”

Levin’s book also examines the legacy of today’s prominent U.S. news media organizations, devoting an entire chapter to The New York Times and its history of “horrific,” “atrocious” and scant coverage of events like the Holocaust and Stalin’s genocide of millions of Ukrainians:

“I get into the issue of The New York Times, in particular. That’s the paper that leads the way, whether we like it or not. That’s the newspaper that the other news organizations look at. Well, let’s look at the history of The New Times. And I do it in a way that has never, ever been done before.” … “Have you ever heard of, in 1927 and 1928, the great genocide of Ukrainians by Stalin - how he cut Ukraine off from food, water, cut off their trains, cut off their roads? Ten million people starved to death. “You want to know how The New York Times reported on that during the course of the year? I explain – it is atrocious. “How about the Holocaust? You’ve heard me talk about that, too. “Well, I did significant research on this issue, and I talk about what The New York Times did in terms of reporting the Holocaust – or not. Horrific.” … “And, yet, it’s the paper of record, and yet, it’s the paper that people want to work for if you’re a journalist and so forth. Why? So, I get into great detail about it and other news organizations, as well.”

Mark Levin’s “Unfreedom of the Press” debuts in book stores on May 21, 2019 and is currently available for preorder online.