President Donald Trump has
called on the media "to stop the endless hostility", after suspected
explosives were posted to high-profile US figures.
He was speaking after
parcels were sent to CNN and top Democrats, including Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton.
None of the packages
exploded. The FBI has launched a hunt for their sender.
The president's critics
called his comments hypocritical, as he often uses vicious language against his
opponents and the press.
In scripted remarks at a
Wednesday night rally in Wisconsin, the president vowed to catch the
perpetrator, while calling on the media to end "constant negative and
oftentimes false attacks and stories".
Mr Trump also called for
more civility in public life, saying: "Those engaged in the political
arena must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective.
"No one should
carelessly compare political opponents to historic villains, which is done
often."
However, the president made
no specific reference to the intended recipients of the packages.
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