Trump Lashes Out At CNN Over 'Vicious' Mistake: 'The Least Trusted Name In News'
- 6 years ago
President Trump lashed out at CNN in Saturday morning tweets.
President Trump on Saturday lashed out at CNN in a series of tweets.
"Fake News CNN made a vicious and purposeful mistake yesterday," Trump tweeted. "They were caught red handed, just like lonely Brian Ross at ABC News (who should be immediately fired for his 'mistake'). Watch to see if @CNN fires those responsible, or was it just gross incompetence?"
"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!" Trump wrote in another tweet.
His tweets come after CNN corrected a story on WikiLeaks document access and the Trump campaign.
"CNN on Friday afternoon corrected an exclusive report that said candidate Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr. had received an email providing a web address and decryption key allowing them to access hacked documents from WikiLeaks before such documents were publicly available," the network said in a piece detailing the correction. "When first published Friday morning, the story, written by senior congressional correspondent Manu Raju and politics reporter Jeremy Herb, said the email was sent to the Trumps on September 4, 2016. It was corrected to say that the email was actually sent on September 14, one day after WikiLeaks made the documents public."
CNN added there will be no disciplinary action relating to the correction as "the reporters followed CNN's editorial standards process."
President Trump on Saturday lashed out at CNN in a series of tweets.
"Fake News CNN made a vicious and purposeful mistake yesterday," Trump tweeted. "They were caught red handed, just like lonely Brian Ross at ABC News (who should be immediately fired for his 'mistake'). Watch to see if @CNN fires those responsible, or was it just gross incompetence?"
"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!" Trump wrote in another tweet.
His tweets come after CNN corrected a story on WikiLeaks document access and the Trump campaign.
"CNN on Friday afternoon corrected an exclusive report that said candidate Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr. had received an email providing a web address and decryption key allowing them to access hacked documents from WikiLeaks before such documents were publicly available," the network said in a piece detailing the correction. "When first published Friday morning, the story, written by senior congressional correspondent Manu Raju and politics reporter Jeremy Herb, said the email was sent to the Trumps on September 4, 2016. It was corrected to say that the email was actually sent on September 14, one day after WikiLeaks made the documents public."
CNN added there will be no disciplinary action relating to the correction as "the reporters followed CNN's editorial standards process."