President Trump has made no secret of his opinion of CNN but his latest jab at the cable news network had to leave a mark.
In a stinging tweet on Saturday, Trump compared CNN to Fox News and declared the left-wing network the loser.
The president called out CNN International for peddling its “fake news” internationally and said they “represent our Nation to the WORLD very poorly.”
.@FoxNews is MUCH more important in the United States than CNN, but outside of the U.S., CNN International is still a major source of (Fake) news, and they represent our Nation to the WORLD very poorly. The outside world does not see the truth from them!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 25, 2017
Trump’s latest attack on CNN comes as a potential merger between AT&T and Time Warner has caused tensions to escalate as the president even expressed his opposition to the merger earlier in the week, The Hill reported. AT&T was reportedly being told by the Justice Department to sell off either CNN’s parent company or DirecTV in order to get the merger approved.
The president’ s tweet prompted a scathing response from CNN.
It’s not CNN’s job to represent the U.S to the world. That’s yours. Our job is to report the news. #FactsFirst ?
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) November 25, 2017
CNN staff also took to Twitter, as CNN anchor Jake Tapper and national security correspondent Jim Sciutto defended the network against Trump’s attack.
Thinking about @cnni and my brave and hard-working colleagues there who cover famines and wars and politics and terrorism and everything else. Amazing men and women, thank you for your continued excellence. https://t.co/9sVaB0z4Li
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 25, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump My @CNNi & @CNN colleagues regularly risk their lives in #Syria #Iraq #Afghanistan #Niger and beyond, following US Troops into war-zones, chronicling natural disasters, holding dictators to account & profiling everyday heroes. #FactsFirst https://t.co/A2qobamywz
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) November 25, 2017
Former Bush speechwriter, David Frum even suggested Trump’s tweet was a “direct attack” on journalists’ safety.
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Inside the US, CNN’s reporting is protected by the First Amendment and the courts. Outside the US, US-affiliated journalists do ultimately depend on the protection of the US government. Trump’s words are a direct attack on those international journalists’ freedom & even safety
— David Frum (@davidfrum) November 25, 2017
But CNN found little sympathy from Trump supporters who were ready to set the record straight on the network’s “fake news.”
#CNN #Fakenews obsession with #Trump is obvious. They report on two scoops of ice cream, two pieces of pie & being “Time” Man of the Year. #CNN Ratings Keeps Plummeting. The only news keeping it afloat is our Great Pres. Donald J. Trump. w/o him, #CNN w/b Extinct!
— Kevin W. (@kwilli1046) November 25, 2017
omg…seriously???? So many leftists have tweeted about assassinating the President, and twitter allows it. Not to mention Kathy Griffin and rappers depicting horrific pictures. This is BS.
— Funkytown (@hotfunkytown) November 26, 2017
Hey MSM and liberals:
Comey stated some NYT articles were false
CNN fired 3 employees for fake news
WP was forced to retract stories
Fusion GPS paid reporters and news networks to run with the fake Russian dossier
So spare us your outrage when Pres Trump tweets about CNN.
— Funkytown (@hotfunkytown) November 26, 2017
It’s like watching Saturday morning cartoons.
— Kander (@kinportss) November 25, 2017
Fake News
— Deborah M. Wilcox (@missdeb54) November 26, 2017
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