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On Friday morning, CNN published a story that claimed President Donald Trump, First Son Donald Trump Jr., and others in the Trump Organization had knowledge in advance on documents WikiLeaks hacked from the Democratic National Committee.
However, the date on the email was incorrectly stated as Sept. 4. and the correct date was Sept. 14. Since the documents were publicly released on the same day, it discredited CNN’s claim.
On Saturday, in response to the correction, President Donald Trump tweeted that “fake news CNN made a vicious and purposeful mistake yesterday”:
Fake News CNN made a vicious and purposeful mistake yesterday. They were caught red handed, just like lonely Brian Ross at ABC News (who should be immediately fired for his “mistake”). Watch to see if @CNN fires those responsible, or was it just gross incompetence?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9,2017
The president followed up the initial tweet with a second message, in which he offered a correction to the news outlet’s slogan:
CNN’S slogan is CNN, THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS. Everyone knows this is not true, that this could, in fact, be a fraud on the American Public. There are many outlets that are far more trusted than Fake News CNN. Their slogan should be CNN, THE LEAST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9,2017
“CNN’s slogan is, CNN, The Most Trusted Name In News,” he tweeted. “Their slogan should be CNN, The Least Trusted Name In News.”
Trump claimed that everyone knows its slogan is “not true” and added, “this could, in fact, be a fraud on the American public.”
