The President of the United States went on a tweet storm this morning. He re-tweeted items posted from the Fox & Friends account which are critical of the Democratic party.
He also fired off a number of tweets disparaging CNN.
Pres. Trump focused his CNN-themed tweets on yesterday’s story regarding the resignation of three CNN journalists who were involved directly and indirectly in the publication of a retracted story which falsely connected Trump transition team member and former Fox Business host/contributor Anthony Scaramucci with a Russian investment fund.
The network has already apologized for the false report in the form of an editor’s note, and Scaramucci accepted the apology.
CNN has become enemy No. 1 among Pres. Trump and his supporters. Their disdain for the network and its coverage of his administration has been well-documented. Having to retract multiple stories this month, one of which led to the resignation of three of its staffers, seems to be adding fuel to the anti-CNN fire and Trump’s “CNN is fake news” narrative.
So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS & ABC? What about the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost? They are all Fake News!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017
Fake News CNN is looking at big management changes now that they got caught falsely pushing their phony Russian stories. Ratings way down!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017
— Jeff (@JeffTutorials) June 26, 2017
Wow, CNN had to retract big story on “Russia,” with 3 employees forced to resign. What about all the other phony stories they do? FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017
CNN’s PR team responded to the president’s tweets with a line about its growing ratings:
CNN just posted it's most-watched second quarter in history. Those are the facts.
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) June 27, 2017