US President-elect Donald Trump says Buzzfeed and CNN are “fake news” outlets, calling them “terrible” and “garbage” respectively. On Wednesday during a press conference at the Trump Tower NYC, the president-elect confirmed what many journalists, citizens, and fact-checkers have long suspected; that CNN is fake news. Trump told a pleading Jim Acosta from CNN: “I’m not going to give you a question, you are fake news.” Sputnik reports: “I’m not going to give you a question. You are fake news,” Trump said while pointing his index finger squarely at CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta. The CNN reporter admirably tried to get Trump to answer a question but was scolded almost as if a parent were teaching his children manners. “Quiet, quiet, don’t be rude, let the woman ask her question” Trump said, referring to another reporter. Trump refused CNN’s Senior White House Correspondent Jim Acosta from asking a question during #TrumpPressConference https://t.co/5OtGHRT5Va pic.twitter.com/OqLyJadZwJ — Ruptly (@Ruptly) 11 January 2017 On Tuesday, CNN fueled rumors of #GolddenShowerGate, which was trending on Twitter Wednesday morning. The network that markets itself as centrist relief from hyper-partisan outlets Fox and MSNBC aired an uncorroborated, unverified report alleging that Russians had obtained compromising [...]
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