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jpak

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Thu Jul 6, 2017, 12:24 PM Jul 2017

FAUX News pitches a Hissy - lol

CNN's Acosta slammed for saying Trump held 'fake news conference'

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/06/cnns-acosta-slammed-for-saying-trump-held-fake-news-conference.html

CNN reporter Jim Acosta took heat Thursday from conservatives on Twitter after the combative correspondent accused President Trump of holding a “fake news conference” -- and later spewed some "fake news" of his own when he claimed Trump misstated the number of intelligence agencies that concluded Russia meddled in the presidential election.

During a joint news conference with President Andrzej Duda in Poland, Trump took questions from reporters from The Daily Mail and MSNBC. But that apparently wasn’t good enough for Acosta, who’s no stranger to sparring with Trump and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.

“Trump finally held a news conference overseas. But he took a question from a friendly reporter and then attacked CNN as ‘fake news,’” Acosta tweeted, adding: “Isn’t it a ‘fake news conference’ to take a question from a reporter who is essentially an ally of the White House?”

Acosta apparently was referring to The Daily Mail's U.S. political editor David Martosko, who was considered last month for a gig in Trump’s communications department but pulled out of consideration

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FAUX News pitches a Hissy - lol (Original Post) jpak Jul 2017 OP
Slammed by Faux News? That in itself is fake News HipChick Jul 2017 #1
Boo Hoo Gothmog Jul 2017 #2
Acosta should consider this a badge of honor. Boomerproud Jul 2017 #3
Mr. Acosta impresses me more and more Skittles Jul 2017 #4
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