The mainstream corporate media had a devastating week as three different stories about Trump-Russia “collusion” have fallen apart, resulting in suspensions, “corrections,” and insincere apologies.
Let’s examine these fake news stories and their impact.
Flynn Testimony
Former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn’s testimony that he was directed by President Trump to contact Russian officials while a candidate was proven false, but not in time to stop it from plunging the stock market, or for the View’s Joy Behar to bubble with glee about the inevitable impeachment of Trump.
After it was debunked, Trump floated the idea of a mass suit against ABC News for the damages caused by the fake Flynn report, despite the fact reporter Brian Ross was suspended over it.
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017
Deutsche Bank Subpoena
Reuters and Bloomberg both reported Tuesday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had subpoenaed Deutsche Bank for Trump’s financial records and accounts related to his family.
White House Press Secretary Sarah H. Sanders shot down the report at a press briefing, calling it “completely false.”
“We know it hasn’t happened up until this point and that the reports out were totally false and again the media got ahead of their skis a little bit, pushing and driving that story that wasn’t true,” she said.
The Wall Street Journal corroborated her comments, revealing that a subpoena was issued for “individuals who may be close to Mr. Trump,” further suggesting the Mueller’s probe is moving beyond the scope of its original investigation.
WikiLeaks emails
CNN reported on Friday that senior Trump officials – and even Trump himself – received emails from an anonymous sender providing them with links to what could have been unreleased WikiLeaks documents.
The Washington Post revealed soon after that the trove of documents linked to the emails was already publicly released by WikiLeaks a day earlier.
CNN issued a “correction,” but no apology, prompting Trump to call their false reporting a “vicious and purposeful mistake.”
Fake News CNN made a vicious and purposeful mistake yesterday. 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?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2017
He went even further, saying their new slogan should be, “CNN, 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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2017
I won’t hold my breath for an apology, or for you to call out your puppet masters on the left that fed you BS knowing you would gleefully run with it without ever checking the other side. Apparently it was just too good a scoop for you to actually do your job. You got played https://t.co/vnHQFd9i16
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) December 9, 2017
The media spins the phrase “fake news” as an attack on its institutions, but as this past week highlights, that’s not entirely wrong, because people want real news, and can’t seem to get it from the mainstream media.
And as of this writing, Trump called out The Washington Post on Twitter for once again lying about the crowd size at Friday’s rally in Pensacola, Florida.
.@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
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2017
As we’ve reported, the corporate media routinely produces fake news so egregious and so often that the majority of Trump supporters believe it to be “the enemy of the people,” but this latest flurry of false reporting also has many more Americans questioning its credibility.
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