Fake News

Aly Colon, a professor in journalism ethics at Washington & Lee University, told the AP: “The irony of this White House video involving Jim Acosta is that if it is found to be doctored, it will show the administration to be doing what it accuses the news media of doing—engaging in fake information."

Update 10:35 am ET: President Trump told reporters on Friday that the clip distributed by the White House looked different from the original because it was "a close-up" and "not doctored." The president did not offer proof along with his statement. He reportedly added that people weren't "treating the office of the president with respect."
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CNN’s top news story on their website is about CNN.

We‘ve hit peak #FakeNews narcissism.

From the antics of @Acosta, to the overused race card by @AprilDRyan to now, breaking news about themselves—it is CLEAR that @CNN is not a real media organization. This is HILARIOUS.

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Sarah Sanders Rips Jim Acosta And CNN Over Lawsuit, And She’s 100 Percent Correct

“We will vigorously defend against this lawsuit,” she wrote. “The First Amendment is not served when a single reporter, of more than 150 present, attempts to monopolize the floor.”

Sanders then cut Acosta by what seems to be her pointing out his ego driven actions.

“Mr. Acosta is no more or less special than any other media outlet or reporter with the respect to the First Amendment,” wrote Sanders.

“After Mr. Acosta asked the President two questions — each of which the President answered — he physically refused to surrender a White House microphone to an intern so that other reporters might ask their questions. This was not the first time this reporter has inappropriately refused to yield to other reporters,” the statement continued.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1062371518649393152

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This is seemingly the result of Acosta’s ego, and Sanders isn’t the only one who recognizes it. Jon Stewart, while speaking on the press in general, noticed that Trump is so good at getting under the skin of the media covering him because they possess more narcissism than they do professionalism.

“But I think the journalists have taken it personally,” Stewart said during an interview with CNN of all places. “They’re personally offended and wounded by [Trump]. He baits them and they dive in — and what he’s done well I thought was to appeal to their own narcissism, to their own ego.”

Stewart isn’t the only one who sees this as well. Veteran reporter Bob Woodward, famous for covering the Watergate scandal, noted that CNN’s lawsuit isn’t going to help CNN, or the press, win the fight against Trump. It’s leaving emotions at home and focusing on what Trump is doing that will win the day.

“In the news media there has been an emotional reaction to Trump,” Woodward noted, adding “Too many people for Trump or against Trump have become emotionally unhinged about this.”

“The remedy [isn’t a lawsuit],” said Woodward. “It’s more serious reporting about what he’s doing.”
 
This "conspiracy" video actually nails it with indisputable fact. CNN is the very definition of "Fake news". They are caught red handed using an actor pretending to be a Trump voter.

 
Robert said:
I think we may have reached the point where this thread jumps the shark:
Trump proposes a government-run TV news network to counter CNN

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Pravda-vision? Outstanding.

Also gives me the excuse to dig out this old chestnut:
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Kind of "Radio Free Europe" but "TV Free World".
But aren't all of the current channels just government propaganda - and by government I mean that the channels are all run and/or controlled by the people that actually govern the US?
He is talking about punishing GM for closing plants that hire US workers and walk away with the bailouts, and now he wants state TV. How do the Republicans feel now knowing they voted for a socialist?
 
Robert said:
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Pravda-vision? Outstanding.
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From the article said:
Law professor Richard Painter, who was the chief White House ethics counsel in the Bush administration from 2005 to 2007, tweeted that Trump's proposed network sounds "Just like Pravda, the Reich Propaganda Ministry and other fine examples of state-run media."
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*cough*BBC*cough*
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
*cough*BBC*cough*
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After some initial wincing, having thought it through I don't have a problem with a Trump News Channel. Its not as if it will be a state mandated only source of information. It will be one source among many. Besides, outside of Fox slightly, all other major media outlets are propaganda outlets controlled by a foreign national. All the major MSM outlets outside of Fox are mouthpieces for the Clintons. CNN has openly been Clinton News Network since the 90s. CNN has the largest reach across the globe, and they've been demonstrably proven to be fake news.

So yeah, one option to counterbalance against CNN/other MSM sedition? No problem.
 
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