Since the president’s time in office, his feud with CNN is still ongoing. Trump has frequently referred to the network as “fake news.” He and CNN have also sparred with one another via Twitter. The network maintains that they only report the news and current events which happen in this nation. Like the president, many of his supporters are also critics of CNN; the network regularly faces accusations of harboring a left-wing bias.
Earlier this year, CNN took heat after lauding the sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Many Americans took issue with the plethora of human right violations which North Korea has committed. Subsequent backlash ensued from both Republicans and Democrats; many critics then took to social media to highlight the tortures, rapes, and other atrocities which North Korea has perpetrated.
Conservative discontentment with CNN also deepened in May when Don Lemon, one of their journalists, stated that referring to President Trump as a racist was his “obligation.”
