Trump Wants Washington Post Reporter Fired Over Misleading Tweet
Brian Ross, the chief investigative correspondent for ABC News, was suspended this month for four weeks without pay after incorrectly reporting
that Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser, would testify that Mr. Trump had directed him to make contact with Russian officials while Mr. Trump was still a candidate
),” adding, “He should be fired.”
showing an almost empty arena last night for my speech in Pensacola when, in fact, he knew the arena was packed (as shown also on T. V.).
https://t.co/tI7SQnpoN9
About an hour later, the president wrote that Mr. Weigel “just admitted that his picture was a FAKE (fraud?
On Saturday night, the president posted a screenshot of Mr. Weigel’s tweet and other photos that showed a crowded arena.
Mr. Trump’s broadside was his latest attempt to discredit the news media as biased against him, an effort
that has accelerated after several recent mistakes by news organizations and individual journalists.
She said in a statement: “Dave Weigel relied on an inaccurate image in tweeting about President Trump’s rally in Pensacola.
The reporter, Dave Weigel, posted a picture of an arena with many empty seats.
“Demand apology & retraction from FAKE NEWS WaPo!” he wrote.