Trump attacks 'fake news' media while congratulating Fox News

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By POLITICO STAFF 05/04/17 08:00 AM EDT

In a series of early morning tweets Thursday, President Donald Trump criticized one of his favorite targets — the media — while at the same time congratulating Fox News for high ratings.

“The Fake News media is officially out of control. They will do or say anything in order to get attention - never been a time like this!” Trump tweeted, following shortly afterward with another post stating, “Congratulations to @foxandfriends on its unbelievable ratings hike.”

It wasn’t immediately clear what provoked Trump’s criticism of the “Fake News media.” But this week, media outlets reported that Fox News was the most-watched cable news channel in April. The high ratings come despite major newsroom shakeups within Fox – most notably the ousting of longtime personality Bill O’Reilly and Fox News co-president Bill Shine.

Trump often criticizes what he calls the “fake news media,” many times singling out the New York Times and CNN. During a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday night, Trump harshly criticized the media as a “disaster” and mentioned both news outlets by name.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/04/trump-fake-news-fox-ratings-237968

[madokie]

1. You almost caused me to choke

Get this cretin out of our house and do it now before he burns it down. Senators and Representatives do your fucking jobs, assholes

[lark]

2. Typical dictator rants.

All dictators hate the media and the first thing they do upon stealing the office is to delegitimize the news, so at least some of the people won't believe the true bad news about them and their illegitimate efforts to steal power for themselves, and to destroy all opposition. This is exactly what Hitler, Putin and their admirer Hair Furor, did and are doing right now.