President Donald Trump criticized Washington Post reporter for tweeting a misleading photo of his “Make America Great Again” in Florida.
On Friday night, Dave Weigel, a political reporter for the newspaper tweeted a photo showing a mostly-empty venue. He took the photo hours before the event.
In a tweet on Saturday, Trump called Weigel’s photo a “phony.” He also demanded an apology and removal of the photo from the social network
.@DaveWeigel@WashingtonPost put out a phony photo of an empty arena hours before I arrived @ the venue, w/ thousands of people outside, on their way in. Real photos now shown as I spoke. Packed house, many people unable to get in. Demand apology & retraction from FAKE NEWS WaPo! pic.twitter.com/XAblFGh1ob
Weigel immediately tweeted an apology to the President. He also explained that he deleted his initial tweet after a fellow media man told him that he had “gotten it wrong.”
In addition, Weigel emphasized that he posted the photo on his persona Twitter account. He did not submit it as story to the Washington Post.
Sure thing: I apologize. I deleted the photo after @dmartosko told me I'd gotten it wrong. Was confused by the image of you walking in the bottom right corner. https://t.co/fQY7GMNSaD
In response to Weigel’s apology, Trump said the reported should be fired for his “fake picture.”
.@daveweigel of the Washington Post just admitted that his picture was a FAKE (fraud?) showing an almost empty arena last night for my speech in Pensacola when, in fact, he knew the arena was packed (as shown also on T.V.). FAKE NEWS, he should be fired.
Earlier on Saturday, the President blasted CNN and stated it should change its slogan as the least trusted name in news.
CNN’S slogan is CNN, THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS. Everyone knows this is not true, that this could, in fact, be a fraud on the American Public. There are many outlets that are far more trusted than Fake News CNN. Their slogan should be CNN, THE LEAST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS!
He also attacked ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross for his erroneous reporting on Friday last week. He incorrectly reported that Trump ordered Michael Flynn to contact Russian officials before the 2016 election.
CNN’S slogan is CNN, THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS. Everyone knows this is not true, that this could, in fact, be a fraud on the American Public. There are many outlets that are far more trusted than Fake News CNN. Their slogan should be CNN, THE LEAST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS!
During the ABC World News Tonight that same day, Ross read a clarification stating that Trump asked Flynn to communicate with Russia after the elections. Flynn served as Trump’s national security adviser for a brief period. He resigned amid reports about his possible illegal contacts with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Last Sunday, ABC News apologized for the “serious error” in the report involving the President. The media network also suspended Ross for four weeks.
In response, Trump tweeted that stock market went down because of Ross’ “fake and dishonest” reporting. He encouraged people to sue ABC for damages due to its bad reporting.
People who lost money when the Stock Market went down 350 points based on the False and Dishonest reporting of Brian Ross of @ABC News (he has been suspended), should consider hiring a lawyer and suing ABC for the damages this bad reporting has caused - many millions of dollars!
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