Trump is trying to redefine ‘fake news’ — we can’t let him

Jan11

by Sindy Cator on January 11, 2017 at 8:01 pm

President-elect Donald Trump today used his first press conference since the election to blast CNN reporter Jim Acosta and cast more doubt on traditional media outlets. As Acosta attempted to ask a question Trump quickly shut him down, saying he wouldn’t “give him a question” before calling his outlet “fake news.” Trump shutting down CNN reporter trying to ask a question: “Don’t be rude… you are fake news” pic.twitter.com/O4z3pPYdXp — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 11, 2017 Trump’s comments came after both Buzzfeed and CNN published reports yesterday that a British intelligence official had compiled memos indicating Russia had been “cultivating, supporting and…