{"id":33824,"date":"2017-02-08T13:41:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T21:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33824"},"modified":"2017-02-08T13:44:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T21:44:36","slug":"watch-kellyanne-conway-admit-that-cnn-is-not-fake-news-and-that-trump-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33824","title":{"rendered":"WATCH Kellyanne Conway Admit That CNN is NOT Fake News And That Trump Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump’s war on the media is still in full swing. Everyday he escalates the assault with juvenile insults and utterly baseless criticisms. While past presidents have had contentious relationships with the press, none have been so overtly hostile.<\/p>\n

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Trump’s unambiguous purpose is to delegitimize the media and neutralize it as an independent source of information. He barks ferociously about what he calls “fake news,”<\/em> but which is actually just reporting that he doesn’t like. And he rarely backs up his accusations with anything resembling facts.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, White House senior advisor and purveyor of “alternative facts,”<\/em> Kellyanne Conway, was interviewed by CNN’s Jake Tapper. The entire interview (video below) was a striking display of journalistic integrity matched with surreal political spin. Tapper made several references to Trump’s frequent public lying, and he actually used the word “lie.”<\/em> Meanwhile, Conway dodged almost every question with canned responses straight from White House talking points.<\/p>\n

However, a couple of exchanges deserve closer scrutiny. First of all, Tapper addresses the President’s disparaging comments about CNN head on:<\/p>\n

“Certainly the media makes mistakes. But it’s very difficult to hear those criticisms from a White House that has such little regard, day in day out, for facts, for truth. And who calls us ‘fake news’ for stories they don’t like”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Conway insists that, despite the evidence, they have a “high respect for the truth.”<\/em> But Tapper persists and later asks pointedly “Is CNN fake news?”<\/em> Conway replies:<\/p>\n

“No, I don’t think CNN is fake news. I think there are some reports everywhere. In print, on TV, on radio, in conversations that are not well-researched and are sometimes based on falsehoods.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So Conway is expressly contradicting her boss who has repeatedly called CNN “fake news.”<\/em> For instance:<\/p>\n

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Reports by @CNN<\/a> that I will be working on The Apprentice during my Presidency, even part time, are ridiculous & untrue – FAKE NEWS!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n