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| Trump threatens ‘distorted’ news networks with license removal | |
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| President Donald Trump has tweeted that all network news stations should have their licenses challenged, and possibly revoked, due to “fake” and “partisan” coverage. He also blasted a report released by NBC, saying that it is not true. | |
| Trump's tweet about challenging all the networks, was released late on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, the president said that NBC News “made up” a report which, citing three unnamed officials, said Trump wanted to dramatically increase the stockpile of US nuclear weapons. | |
| Trump called the details in the story “pure fiction,” and suggested that NBC News deserves to have its license pulled after a series of reports that were challenged as false. | |
| “Fake @NBCNews made up a story that I wanted a ‘tenfold’ increase in our U.S. nuclear arsenal. Pure fiction, made up to demean. NBC = CNN!” he wrote on Twitter. | “Fake @NBCNews made up a story that I wanted a ‘tenfold’ increase in our U.S. nuclear arsenal. Pure fiction, made up to demean. NBC = CNN!” he wrote on Twitter. |
| “With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License?” he added. | “With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License?” he added. |
| “It’s frankly disgusting, the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write,” Trump said Wednesday afternoon, after meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Washington. | “It’s frankly disgusting, the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write,” Trump said Wednesday afternoon, after meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Washington. |
| “The press should speak more honestly,” he added. “They make up the sources. There are no sources.” | “The press should speak more honestly,” he added. “They make up the sources. There are no sources.” |
| NBC's report about the nuclear arsenal was "absolutely false," Defense Secretary James Mattis said in a statement on Wednesday, adding, "This kind of erroneous reporting is irresponsible." | NBC's report about the nuclear arsenal was "absolutely false," Defense Secretary James Mattis said in a statement on Wednesday, adding, "This kind of erroneous reporting is irresponsible." |
| Last week NBC reported that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson supposedly called Trump a “moron” and threatened to resign, only to be talked out of it by Vice President Mike Pence. That story also cited three unnamed officials. | Last week NBC reported that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson supposedly called Trump a “moron” and threatened to resign, only to be talked out of it by Vice President Mike Pence. That story also cited three unnamed officials. |
| Tillerson told reporters he had “never considered leaving” his post and described the story as “petty nonsense.” The vice president likewise denied the claims in the NBC story. | Tillerson told reporters he had “never considered leaving” his post and described the story as “petty nonsense.” The vice president likewise denied the claims in the NBC story. |
| “At no time did he and the secretary ever discuss the prospect of the secretary’s resignation from the administration. Any reporting to the contrary is categorically false,” said Jarrod Agen, Pence’s spokesman. | “At no time did he and the secretary ever discuss the prospect of the secretary’s resignation from the administration. Any reporting to the contrary is categorically false,” said Jarrod Agen, Pence’s spokesman. |
| Trump has long complained about major US media outlets trying to undermine him during and after the election. He labeled a number of them, including the Washington Post, the New York Times and CNN, “fake news.” | Trump has long complained about major US media outlets trying to undermine him during and after the election. He labeled a number of them, including the Washington Post, the New York Times and CNN, “fake news.” |
| “Why Isn’t the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!” Trump tweeted last Thursday, the day after the Senate Intelligence Committee updated reporters about its months-long investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the US election. | “Why Isn’t the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!” Trump tweeted last Thursday, the day after the Senate Intelligence Committee updated reporters about its months-long investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the US election. |
| Some news outlets will be left “with egg on their face” over their reporting on the Russia investigation, committee chairman Richard Burr (R-North Carolina) told CNN when asked about Trump’s statement. | Some news outlets will be left “with egg on their face” over their reporting on the Russia investigation, committee chairman Richard Burr (R-North Carolina) told CNN when asked about Trump’s statement. |
| Following Trump’s tweets, Senator Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) reminded the president of the First Amendment in a tweet of his own, sent out on Wednesday night. | |
| Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) took to Twitter on Wednesday evening to lampoon Trump’s threats against the network news channels. |