Donald Trump and “Fake News” are like peanut butter and those fake plastic grapes that your aunt has in a bowl on her dining room table. One is tan and probably sticky, and the other is a poor attempt to convince you of class.
Trump’s only defense against the horrible things he’s done as president (and before) is to yell and scream that centuries-old respected news organizations have tossed all journalistic integrity out of the window to make up stories about him. He’s cried “FAKE NEWS!” at practically everything. This is the guy who spewed birther movement lies for years. He’s lied to the faces of the American people so consistently for so long, and his “fake news” obsession is yet another manipulation.
CNN has had just about enough of that, so they launched their #FactsFirst campaign and folks, it’s pretty great.
The true horror of Trump’s “fake news” obsession is that there are still people who believe him. We should be able to believe the President of the United States, but we cannot, and now every day has become an uphill battle for news organizations, who are just trying to get a portion of the American public to accept basic facts as truth.
They make mistakes because they are led by and comprised of human beings. But it’s so important to believe the people who try to spread the truth and regularly correct their mistakes as opposed to those who deny what’s real in order to not take responsibility for their actions.