MSNBC’s Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough took to Twitter to defend CNN against the “fake news” charges leveled against the network by the Trump administration, and blasted the President for having less integrity on his best day than the network does on its worst day.
The men and women of @CNN have every reason to take great pride in their work. #RealNews
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 27, 2017
In a second tweet—now deleted—Scarborough said “@CNN has more integrity on its worst day than Donald Trump has on his best. #RealNews”
Trump reacted to the news that CNN had fired three employees who were involved in a now retracted story that one of his advisors—Anthony Scaramucci—was under Senate investigation for his ties to a Russian investment fund with a tweet blasting the network for reporting fake news.
Wow, CNN had to retract big story on "Russia," with 3 employees forced to resign. What about all the other phony stories they do? FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017
The President then widened his attack to include other networks.
So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS & ABC? What about the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost? They are all Fake News!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017
Scarborough’s disdain for Trump has led him to defend a network that was caught publishing what the President rightfully called “fake news,” while ignoring CNN’s blatant anti-Trump bias.
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