Eliza Collins

USA TODAY

As Donald Trump gave one of his strongest condemnations of the press during the election cycle, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued a public warning Thursday that a Trump win “would represent a threat to press freedom.”

“Donald Trump, through his words and actions as a candidate for president of the United States, has consistently betrayed First Amendment values. On October 6, CPJ's board of directors passed a resolution declaring Trump an unprecedented threat to the rights of journalists and to CPJ's ability to advocate for press freedom around the world. "Since the beginning of his candidacy, Trump has insulted and vilified the press and has made his opposition to the media a centerpiece of his campaign. Trump has routinely labeled the press as ‘dishonest’ and ‘scum’ and singled out individual news organizations and journalists.”

CPJ is a nonprofit organization that reports on press freedoms around the world.

“This is not about picking sides in an election. This is recognizing that a Trump presidency represents a threat to press freedom unknown in modern history,” CPJ wrote.

On Wednesday night, the Trump campaign demanded a retraction from The New York Times over a story that featured the accounts of two women who have accused him of unwanted sexual advances. The New York Times lawyer Thursday sent a scathing response refusing to play into Trump’s demands.