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President Trump Announces 'Fake News' Award Winners
Townhall.com ^ | January 17, 2018 | Lauretta Brown

Posted on 01/17/2018 6:11:39 PM PST by Kaslin

President Trump announced the big winners of his highly anticipated “Fake News Awards” Wednesday. The New York Times topped the list with Paul Krugman’s claim that the economy would never recover from Trump’s victory. The GOP website post listing the awards crashed moments after President Trump tweeted the link likely due to the high volume of traffic.

And the FAKE NEWS winners are...https://t.co/59G6x2f7fD— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2018

ABC, CNN, Time, and the Washington Post all won big awards.

The list of eleven fake news reports include that time CNN edited a video to make it look as though President Trump was overfeeding Koi fish with the Japanese Prime Minister and the time ABC’s Brian Ross sent the markets spiraling with his false Russia report.

Here is the full list from an archive of the website:

  1. The New York Times’ Paul Krugman claimed on the day of President Trump’s historic, landslide victory that the economy would never recover.
  1. ABC News' Brian Ross CHOKES and sends markets in a downward spiral with false report.
  1. CNN FALSELY reported that candidate Donald Trump and his son Donald J. Trump, Jr. had access to hacked documents from WikiLeaks.
  1. TIME FALSELY reported that President Trump removed a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. from the Oval Office.
  1. Washington Post FALSELY reported the President’s massive sold-out rally in Pensacola, Florida was empty. Dishonest reporter showed picture of empty arena HOURS before crowd started pouring in.
  1. CNN FALSELY edited a video to make it appear President Trump defiantly overfed fish during a visit with the Japanese prime minister. Japanese prime minister actually led the way with the feeding.
  1. CNN FALSELY reported about Anthony Scaramucci’s meeting with a Russian, but retracted it due to a “significant breakdown in process.”
  1. Newsweek FALSELY reported that Polish First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda did not shake President Trump’s hand.
  1. CNN FALSELY reported that former FBI Director James Comey would dispute President Trump’s claim that he was told he is not under investigation.
  1. The New York Times FALSELY claimed on the front page that the Trump administration had hidden a climate report.
  1. And last, but not least: "RUSSIA COLLUSION!" Russian collusion is perhaps the greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people. THERE IS NO COLLUSION!

The post went on to tout some of the Trump administration's major successes:

While the media spent 90% of the time focused on negative coverage or fake news, the President has been getting results:

1. The economy has created nearly 2 million jobs and gained over $8 trillion in wealth since the President’s inauguration.

2. African Americans and Hispanics are enjoying the lowest unemployment rate in recorded history.

3. The President signed historic tax cuts and relief for hardworking Americans not seen since President Reagan.

4. President Trump’s plan to cut regulations has exceeded “2 out for every 1 in” mandate, issuing 22 deregulatory actions for every one new regulatory action.

5. The President has unleashed an American energy boom by ending Obama-era regulations, approving the Keystone pipeline, auctioning off millions of new acres for energy exploration, and opening up ANWR.

6. ISIS is in retreat, having been crushed in Iraq and Syria.

7. President Trump followed through on his promise to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and instructed the State Department to begin to relocate the Embassy.

8. With President Trump’s encouragement, more member nations are paying their fair share for the common defense in the NATO alliance.

9. Signed the Veterans Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act to allow senior officials in the VA to fire failing employees and establishes safeguards to protect whistleblowers.

10. President Trump kept his promise and appointed Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: fakenews; fakies; media; mediawingofthednc; msm; needadultsupervision; partisanmediashills; trumpmedia
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To: Rational Thought

I graduated in 2007 from Renssalear Poly (MSES), Krugman took the stage as the keynote.

I had flown my family out for this. I almost puked.

What a flocked clown. Worthless.

The Microbrew on Troy main street help ease the pain.


21 posted on 01/17/2018 6:53:48 PM PST by Eddie01 (Stormy Kromer)
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To: MAGAthon
prepare for all the fact-checking...

There's my laugh of the day !

22 posted on 01/17/2018 6:54:37 PM PST by onona
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To: kdot

Me, too. A show and little golden statues awarded in absentia, then mailed to the CEOs tomorrow morning.


23 posted on 01/17/2018 6:54:54 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Kaslin

24 posted on 01/17/2018 7:08:33 PM PST by Diogenesis
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To: Kaslin


25 posted on 01/17/2018 7:36:10 PM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Architect of Avalon

Yeah, it’s a lot shorter, right to the point, and they got the results right. :D


26 posted on 01/17/2018 7:43:22 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: Duchess47

What do you mean the list changed?


27 posted on 01/17/2018 7:58:42 PM PST by Kaslin (Quid est Veritas?: What Is Truth?)
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To: freedom1st

“No mention of PMSNBC”

PMSNBC is such a joke no one ever sources fake news from them because they’re nothing more than one of the bazillion secondary outlets that republish fake news from the primary sources of fake news, such as WaPo, NYT, ABC, CBS, NBC, and of course, CNN.


28 posted on 01/17/2018 8:15:06 PM PST by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: PROCON

it is important after sticking the knife in to twist it left to right, and back and forth... a few times.

Trump stuck it to them rather well.

The man knows how to drive a news cycle... and they hate him for it. What a show!


29 posted on 01/17/2018 8:15:30 PM PST by MIA_eccl1212 (10 metres, 10 rounds, 10 seconds, grouped within 10 cm...)
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To: Kaslin

No, I don’t think the list changed. I think the presentation changed. I think President Trump is busy with something.


30 posted on 01/17/2018 9:43:34 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Kaslin

Dammit, this is another stroke of brilliance from the master!!! OMG! Trump delivers a suckerpunch to the Left again.

He’s on the offensive and relentless. The cowardly media scum are reeling as they simply don’t know what’ll hit them next.

Just think: As ONE person, Trump is singlehandedly attacking and taking down the PC/Fakenews Media. SINGLEHANDEDLY!

Two years ago, who would have ever thought a single person could do such a takedown?

Of course, the MSM won’t ever be totally defeated, but it has so many wounds from Trump that the MSM will never be the same again.


31 posted on 01/17/2018 9:49:31 PM PST by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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To: AlanGreenSpam

Republicans must spread the word to GET OUT AND VOTE REPUBLICAN.

Trump is Genius here.

Trump needs your help.


32 posted on 01/18/2018 2:03:55 AM PST by TheNext
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To: kdot
The list was fine, but I was looking forward to a show, of sorts.

Maybe next year; when enough presenters can be lined up and the acceptors have had a chance to order new, black clothing.

33 posted on 01/18/2018 4:48:41 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: stars & stripes forever

At least hundreds!


34 posted on 01/18/2018 4:49:57 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
A show and little golden statues awarded in absentia, then mailed to the CEOs tomorrow morning.

We could get Eastwood to hand these out...


35 posted on 01/18/2018 4:58:13 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Belly up at your favorite watering hole (did you see what I did there?) and throw back a few while you create the next big ‘news’ cycle!


36 posted on 01/18/2018 4:59:20 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: kdot; Gay State Conservative; Duchess47; hoosiermama; EdnaMode; Elsie

This is the best ever Twitter thread about the Fake News Awards and is better than the President’s!

https://twitter.com/prayingmedic/status/953759493115994112


37 posted on 01/18/2018 6:32:25 AM PST by Bodleian_Girl
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To: Kaslin

And the “winner” is: CNN with FOUR “Fakies”!

(NYT runner-up with two “Fakies”.)


38 posted on 01/18/2018 7:01:47 AM PST by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: catnipman

Are you disagreeing with President Trump?


39 posted on 01/18/2018 7:09:31 AM PST by Kaslin (Quid est Veritas?: What Is Truth?)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

That was hilarious! Thanks for sharing.


40 posted on 01/18/2018 7:13:27 AM PST by EdnaMode
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