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Donald Trump will tonight hand out his inaugural ‘fake news awards’ to the media outlets that have most angered him during his first year as President.
The Commander in Chief announced the bizarre ceremony in a tweet late Tuesday, writing: ‘I will be announcing THE MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE YEAR on Monday at 5:00 o’clock.
‘Subjects will cover Dishonesty & Bad Reporting in various categories from the Fake News Media. Stay tuned!’
President Trump has been most vociferous in attacking CNN for its supposed ‘fake news’, with the network widely expected to win the majority of gongs.
The awards are likely to be ‘handed out’ in a series of scathing tweets from Mr Trump, and it is unclear whether he will present winners with any sort of booby prize.
He popularized the term fake news during his White House run, using it to attack reports whose facts he disputes.
But Trump’s critics claim it is an easy way of shouting down valid questions about his supposed inconsistencies and failings.
During a pre-inauguration Trump Tower press conference last January, the temperamental President shot down CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s attempt at a question.
He raged: ‘Not you. Your organization is terrible’ on seeing the reporter, insisting ‘I’m not going to give you a question. You are fake news.’ when pressed to allow Acosta to speak.
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President Trump has attacked multiple other outlets too, writing in February last year ‘The FAKE NEWS media, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American people.’
He barred the BBC and Guardian from one press conference, attacked the respected Washington Post newspaper and called BuzzFeed ‘a failing pile of garbage.’
Trump also warned his followers not to trust off-the-record stories, whose anonymous tipsters are often quoted as ‘sources,’ to protect their identities, writing: ‘It is very possible that those sources don’t exist but are made up by fake news writers.’ President Trump tonight hands out his first ‘fake news’ awards to the news outlets he hates most
Donald Trump will tonight hand out his inaugural ‘fake news awards’ to the media outlets that have most angered him during his first year as President.
The Commander in Chief announced the bizarre ceremony in a tweet late Tuesday, writing: ‘I will be announcing THE MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE YEAR on Monday at 5:00 o’clock.
‘Subjects will cover Dishonesty & Bad Reporting in various categories from the Fake News Media. Stay tuned!’
President Trump has been most vociferous in attacking CNN for its supposed ‘fake news’, with the network widely expected to win the majority of gongs.
The awards are likely to be ‘handed out’ in a series of scathing tweets from Mr Trump, and it is unclear whether he will present winners with any sort of booby prize.
He popularized the term fake news during his White House run, using it to attack reports whose facts he disputes.
But Trump’s critics claim it is an easy way of shouting down valid questions about his supposed inconsistencies and failings.
During a pre-inauguration Trump Tower press conference last January, the temperamental President shot down CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s attempt at a question.
He raged: ‘Not you. Your organization is terrible’ on seeing the reporter, insisting ‘I’m not going to give you a question. You are fake news.’ when pressed to allow Acosta to speak.
MORE: UNCATEGORISED
President Trump has attacked multiple other outlets too, writing in February last year ‘The FAKE NEWS media, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American people.’
He barred the BBC and Guardian from one press conference, attacked the respected Washington Post newspaper and called BuzzFeed ‘a failing pile of garbage.’
Trump also warned his followers not to trust off-the-record stories, whose anonymous tipsters are often quoted as ‘sources,’ to protect their identities, writing: ‘It is very possible that those sources don’t exist but are made up by fake news writers.’ President Trump tonight hands out his first ‘fake news’ awards to the news outlets he hates most
Donald Trump is now a worldwide entertainer. everyone is like, lets wait for his next comment or action. he is almost messing up the seat of the President of the USA
ReplyDeleteDonald Trump is now a worldwide entertainer. everyone is like, lets wait for his next comment or action. he is almost messing up the seat of the President of the USA
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