{"id":48872,"date":"2018-01-20T13:16:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T21:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=48872"},"modified":"2018-01-20T13:16:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T21:16:08","slug":"trump-declares-winners-of-fake-news-awards-escalates-attack-on-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/trump-declares-winners-of-fake-news-awards-escalates-attack-on-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Declares Winners of \u2018Fake News\u2019 Awards, Escalates Attack on Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a Cabinet meeting at the White House Dec. 20, in Washington, D.C. Trump extolled passage of the tax reform package as it nears, called for an end to the immigration visa lottery and celebrated the repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate included in the tax package. Trump did not take questions. (Chris Kleponis-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Firing the latest salvo in his battle with the mainstream U.S. media, President Donald Trump has announced the \u2018Fake News Awards\u2019 for the \u201cvery corrupt and dishonest\u201d press, with a report in The New York Times<\/i> topping the list, writes Lalit K. Jha.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Much of his list, which was earlier scheduled to be announced on Jan. 8, centered around American media\u2019s reporting on the investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n

Trump, 71, had coined the term \u2018Fake News\u2019 during his presidential campaign, targeting media houses for \u201cbiased\u201d news. The term is now popularly related to news with which one does not agree with.<\/p>\n

The president used Twitter to announce \u201cthe winners\u201d of the unique awards. The list of \u201cwinners\u201d was also displayed on the Republican National Committee\u2019s website, which crashed soon after the awards were announced.<\/p>\n

\u201c2017 was a year of unrelenting bias, unfair news coverage, and even downright fake news. Studies have shown that over 90 per cent of the media\u2019s coverage of President Trump is negative,\u201d the list said.<\/p>\n

The \u201cawards\u201d were presented in list form and specified particular stories about his presidency.<\/p>\n

Topping the list was The New York Times\u2019<\/i> story by Paul Krugman which claimed on the day of Trump\u2019s historic, landslide victory that the economy would never recover.<\/p>\n

ABC News\u2019 story by Brian Ross that Trump directed former national Security Adviser Michael Flynn to make contact with Russia during the election was positioned second.<\/p>\n

Ross was later suspended by the network and then moved to a different assignment. General Flynn has pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about meetings with Russia\u2019s ambassador weeks before Donald Trump became president.<\/p>\n

It \u201cCHOKES and sends markets in a downward spiral with false report,\u201d the Republican website said.<\/p>\n

A story by \u2018CNN\u2019 that Donald Trump and his son had access to hacked documents from WikiLeaks was given third position.<\/p>\n

Trump also gave CNN four of his \u201cfake news\u201d awards.<\/p>\n

The President singled out The New York Times<\/i> twice while the broadcaster ABC and the magazines Time<\/i> and Newsweek<\/i> were each mentioned once.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Time\u2019 magazine was place fourth for \u201cFALSELY\u201d reporting that Trump removed a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. from the Oval Office.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post\u2019s<\/i> story was placed last for \u201cFALSELY\u201d reporting the president\u2019s massive sold-out rally in Pensacola, Florida was empty.<\/p>\n

\u201cDishonest reporter showed picture of empty arena HOURS before crowd started pouring in,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Trump alleged that \u201cthe dishonest media\u201d was not reporting about \u201cthe true story\u201d under his administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cISIS is in retreat, our economy is booming, investments and jobs are pouring back into the country, and so much more! Together there is nothing we can\u2019t overcome\u2014even a very biased media. We ARE Making America Great Again!\u201d Trump tweeted.<\/p>\n

Critics have seen the \u201cawards\u201d as another attempt by Trump to undermine the free press.<\/p>\n

Two Republican lawmakers\u2014John McCain and Jeff Flake\u2014rebuked Trump\u2019s treatment of the media.<\/p>\n

McCain said Trump s attacks on the media \u201cprovided cover for repressive regimes to follow suit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flake took aim at Trump in a damning speech from the Senate floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by Josef Stalin to describe his enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Trump after announcing the awards also said despite some \u201cvery corrupt and dishonest\u201d media coverage, there are many great reporters he respects.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd lots of GOOD NEWS for the American people to be proud of!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a Cabinet meeting at the White House Dec. 20, in Washington, D.C. Trump extolled passage of the tax reform package as it nears, called for an end to the immigration visa lottery and celebrated the repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate included in the tax package….<\/p>\n

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