FILE - In this April
21, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump poses for a portrait in the Oval
Office in Washington after an interview with The Associated Press. Trump has
proven himself an unconventional leader time and time again in his first year in
office. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (Copyright 2017 The Associated
Press. All rights reserved.)
President Trump
revealed the winners of his self-proclaimed ‘Fake News’ awards Wednesday night
on Twitter with The New York Times topping the list.
And the FAKE NEWS winners
are...https://gop.com/the-highly-anticipated-2017-fake-news-awards/ …
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Before naming the full list of “winners,” the website cited
that “studies have shown that over 90% of the media’s coverage of President
Trump is negative.”
It went on to call
2017 “a year of unrelenting bias, unfair news coverage and even downright fake
news.”
Coming in first place
was The New York Times’ Paul Krugman for his predictions that the stock markets
would never recover from Trump’s election.
In a bit of irony, the
Dow Jones industrial average closed above 26,000 for the first time on
Wednesday.
The Times was followed
by ABC News' Brian Ross for his false report that Trump advised former National
Security advisor Michael Flynn to make contact with Russian officials during
the 2016 campaign.
The website carrying
the results of the “Fake News Awards” crashed because of the number of
visitors.
Tonight, http://gop.com saw more traffic than ever before.
Even though the servers were scaled up, the interest was even greater than
anticipated. Traffic is off the charts. Come back soon.
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Trump also tweeted out
that “despite some very corrupt and dishonest media coverage, there are many
great reporters I respect and lots of GOOD NEWS for the American people to be
proud of!”
Despite some very corrupt
and dishonest media coverage, there are many great reporters I respect and lots
of GOOD NEWS for the American people to be proud of!
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Below is the full list
of winners of the 2017 Fake News Awards.
1) The New York Times’ Paul Krugman
claiming markets would ‘never’ recover from Trump presidency
2) ABC News' Brian Ross’ bungled report on
former national security adviser Michael Flynn
3) CNN report that the Trump campaign had
early access to hacked documents from WikiLeaks
4) TIME report that Trump removed a bust
of Martin Luther King, Jr. from the Oval Office
5) The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel
tweeting that Trump’s December rally in Pensacola, Florida, wasn’t packed with
supporters
6) CNN’s video suggesting Trump overfed
fish during visit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
7) CNN’s retracted report claiming Anthony
Scaramucci-Russia ties
8) Newsweek report that Polish First Lady
Agata Kornhauser-Duda did not shake Trump’s hand
9) CNN report that former FBI Director
James Comey would dispute President Trump’s claim he was told he was not under
investigation
10) The New York Times report that the Trump administration
had hidden a climate-change report
11) In Trump’s words, "‘RUSSIA COLLUSION!’ Russian
collusion is perhaps the greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people.
THERE IS NO COLLUSION!”
