Name:   copperline - Subject:   Moving on Date:   7/10/2017 2:30:51 PM

You are going to have to give me your definition of Fake News, because that term is being over-used to describe all negative reporting about Trump... and is a knee-jerk label that Trump uses to defend himself when he can think of nothing else.     No, the major media outlets are not chock full of people who make up things to print... far from it, there are a huge number of journalists out there honestly trying to report information about the issues of the day.   The Free Press is a really important feature of any Democracy, warts and all.

On the other hand, there was that report about the captive children held on Mars by a ring of Pedophiles looking to create an elixir of eternal youth (as reported by Alex Jones & his network), the statements that Obama wiretapped the Trump campaign (that one from Donald himself), the Bowling Green Massacre (Kellye Ann Conway), and we should never forget the kidnapped children held in the basement of Ping Pong Pizza and the bravery of the Trump supporter who showed up with his gun to free them.   I don't think the NY Times, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, CBS or any other mainstream media corporation pushed those stories on us.  And even if they had, just a little bit of critical thinking should have brought most people to conclude that these stories were BS.     If there is a fake news problem, it's really that people are willing to believe anything that agrees with their previously held opinions...   So Trump's philosophy is to advise the people to believe nothing except what he tells them and to disregard press reports that are less than flattering.   

When reporting errors do occur, I expect reputable news organizations to issue retractions & corrections ASAP.   I have not heard anything like that from the Trump Administration when they are shown to have falsified & misrepresented important facts.   The only time I can recall a Trump retraction is when he was forced to reluctantly announce that his allegations about Obama not being born on US soil was not true after all.  No apology, just a quick retraction after many years of pushing that false narrative..

.... after which, none of his supporters complained that Trump had been pushing "fake news".