Trump at CPAC: "I'm against the people that make up stories and make up sources"

[Miles Archer]

President Donald Trump excoriated the "fake news media"—a category he has previously used to describe such outlets as the New York Times, CNN, and the Washington Post—during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday for reporting stories that portray his increasingly tumultuous administration in a negative light.

"I called the fake news the enemy of the people, and they are," Trump said. "There are some terrible dishonest people and they do a tremendous disservice to our country."

He specifically railed against reporters' use of anonymous sources and demanded that people who leak information to the press instead criticize him to his "face."

"I'm against the people that make up stories and make up sources," he said. "They shouldn't be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody's name. Let their name be put out there."

The remarks come just hours after White House officials anonymously refuted a bombshell CNN story, which reported that the White House had asked the FBI to dispute recent evidence that Trump aides had communicated with Russian officials throughout the presidential election. Trump himself has also touted anonymous sources to underscore his conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was born in Kenya.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/trump-lashes-out-negative-media-coverage-cpac-speech

[TexasProgresive]

1. Must be Hell to always be against oneself.

[dalton99a]

2. Bad people like him

[Sanity Claws]

3. He should look in the mirror

He is a purveyor of fake news and has been caught in lies many times.

[guillaumeb]

4. Poor Kellyanne CONway.

Obviously Trump refers to her.

[Beartracks]

5. He's against his own people?

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[pinboy3niner]

6. But he's not saying it. Other people are saying it. Many, many people.

[Wounded Bear]

7. "Because that's MY job!"

[Initech]

8. Says the guy who loves Alex Jones.

[logosoco]

9. So he actually complained about people who make up stories,

then made up a story about how many people were waiting in line at the very place where he talked about people making up stories.

I think even a young child could see through this guy.

[world wide wally]

10. He hates fake news?

But he is the one that makes it up.
Is that self loathing?

[uppityperson]

11. "They shouldn't be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody's name. Let

"They shouldn't be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody's name. Let their name be put out there

Uh. Huh.

[Panich52]

12. Self-loathing narcissist is an oxymoron

[Fast Walker 52]

13. does he believe this shit??? Is he purely delusional, a freaking idiot or both?

[demtenjeep]

14. he needs to watch "Outfoxed" and their some people say bullshit

I wish I still had that video but I lent it to an English teacher to use in the classroom, then she moved

[JHan]

15. He should be disgusted with himself and resign then.