2017 was a year of unrelenting bias, unfair news coverage, and even downright fake news. Studies have shown that over 90% of the media’s coverage of President Trump is negative.
Below are the winners of the 2017 Fake News Awards.
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The New York Times’ Paul Krugman claimed on the day of President Trump’s historic, landslide victory that the economy would never recover.
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ABC News’ Brian Ross CHOKES and sends markets in a downward spiral with false report.
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CNN FALSELY reported that candidate Donald Trump and his son Donald J. Trump, Jr. had access to hacked documents from WikiLeaks.
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TIME FALSELY reported that President Trump removed a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. from the Oval Office.
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Washington Post FALSELY reported the President’s massive sold-out rally in Pensacola, Florida was empty. Dishonest reporter showed picture of empty arena HOURS before crowd started pouring in.
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
.@DaveWeigel @WashingtonPost put out a phony photo of an empty arena hours before I arrived @ the venue, w/ thousands of people outside, on their way in. Real photos now shown as I spoke. Packed house, many people unable to get in. Demand apology & retraction from FAKE NEWS WaPo!
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CNN FALSELY edited a video to make it appear President Trump defiantly overfed fish during a visit with the Japanese prime minister. Japanese prime minister actually led the way with the feeding.
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CNN FALSELY reported about Anthony Scaramucci’s meeting with a Russian, but retracted it due to a “significant breakdown in process.”
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Newsweek FALSELY reported that Polish First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda did not shake President Trump’s hand.
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CNN FALSELY reported that former FBI Director James Comey would dispute President Trump’s claim that he was told he is not under investigation.
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The New York Times FALSELY claimed on the front page that the Trump administration had hidden a climate report.
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And last, but not least: “RUSSIA COLLUSION!” Russian collusion is perhaps the greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people. THERE IS NO COLLUSION!
THE PRESIDENT’S BIG WINS
While the media spent 90% of the time focused on negative coverage or fake news, the President has been getting results:
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The economy has created nearly 2 million jobs and gained over $8 trillion in wealth since the President’s inauguration.
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African Americans and Hispanics are enjoying the lowest unemployment rate in recorded history.
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The President signed historic tax cuts and relief for hardworking Americans not seen since President Reagan.
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President Trump’s plan to cut regulations has exceeded “2 out for every 1 in” mandate, issuing 22 deregulatory actions for every one new regulatory action.
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The President has unleashed an American energy boom by ending Obama-era regulations, approving the Keystone pipeline, auctioning off millions of new acres for energy exploration, and opening up ANWR.
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ISIS is in retreat, having been crushed in Iraq and Syria.
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President Trump followed through on his promise to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and instructed the State Department to begin to relocate the Embassy.
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With President Trump’s encouragement, more member nations are paying their fair share for the common defense in the NATO alliance.
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Signed the Veterans Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act to allow senior officials in the VA to fire failing employees and establishes safeguards to protect whistleblowers.
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President Trump kept his promise and appointed Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.