White House correspondents' chief: 'We are not fake news'

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White House correspondents' chief: 'We are not fake news'
The Hill, Apr 28, Mike Greenwood

The president of the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) on Saturday pushed back against President Trump's claims that news outlets covering his administration critically are reporting "fake news."

"We are not fake news, we are not failing news organizations and we are not the enemy of the American people," WHCA president and Reuters correspondent Jeff Mason said at the organization's annual dinner.

Trump and his chief strategist Steven Bannon have repeatedly referred to members of the media as the "enemy of the American people," while Trump himself has long maintained an antagonistic relationship with the press.

Mason's speech received a mixed reception in the room. Many stood and applauded, but about half the audience stayed in their seats.

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/331258-whca-president-we-are-not-fake-news

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Sunday, April 30, 2017
Fake Nerd Prom

Half the people speaking at last night’s Trumpless White House Correspondents’ Dinner made a point of telling the President in absentia that “the media is not fake news!” And yet nobody saw the irony of having a fake correspondent from a fake news show from Comedy Central  host the event?

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No wonder they don’t know fake news when it bites them in the butt.

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White House correspondents' chief: 'We are not fake news'
The Hill, Apr 28, Mike Greenwood

The president of the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) on Saturday pushed back against President Trump's claims that news outlets covering his administration critically are reporting "fake news."

"We are not fake news, we are not failing news organizations and we are not the enemy of the American people," WHCA president and Reuters correspondent Jeff Mason said at the organization's annual dinner.

Trump and his chief strategist Steven Bannon have repeatedly referred to members of the media as the "enemy of the American people," while Trump himself has long maintained an antagonistic relationship with the press.

Mason's speech received a mixed reception in the room. Many stood and applauded, but about half the audience stayed in their seats.

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/331258-whca-president-we-are-not-fake-news

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