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struggle4progress

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5. Keeps claiming things he said on tape aren't real
Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 06:44 PM
Aug 2018

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 11:05 AM ET, Thu August 30, 2018

On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump claimed a taped interview with NBC's Lester Holt in 2017 was somehow doctored to make him look bad.

As part of a broader attack on the so-called "fake news," Trump tweeted this: "When Lester Holt got caught fudging my tape on Russia, they were hurt badly!" ...

NBC put out a transcript of the interview shortly after it happened. And released video of the extended interview ...

It's not clear what Trump is alleging about NBC and the tape of his interview -- which is, of course, intentional. Saying that the news network was "fudging" the tape is vague enough that the conspiracy theorists who want to believe Trump is "onto something" can do so ...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/30/politics/trump-lester-holt-nbc/index.html

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Attacks on the Media Reaching Dangerous New Levels [View all] struggle4progress Aug 2018 OP
Goes wild against 'Enemy of the People' media struggle4progress Aug 2018 #1
Bashes CNN, NBC struggle4progress Aug 2018 #2
Accuses Google of rigging search results against him struggle4progress Aug 2018 #3
'Fake social,' 'fake search' are the new 'fake news' struggle4progress Aug 2018 #4
Keeps claiming things he said on tape aren't real struggle4progress Aug 2018 #5
He's flailing and throwing twitter bombs right and left to try to cover up his inadequacies. Arkansas Granny Aug 2018 #6
Scary stuff. The monster is completely unhinged. n/t Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #7
Fight back! Racerdog1 Aug 2018 #8
all fake news unless the great TrumPutin is the source Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2018 #9
It might seem like fake news to us on DU FakeNoose Aug 2018 #10
K&R Scurrilous Aug 2018 #11
Sooner or later, his attack on the fourth estate Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2018 #12
Thanks, S4P, for keeping tRump's fascism in the spotlight. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #13
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