President Trump's Description of What's 'Fake' Is Expanding
Over the course of Trump's presidency there has been an upward trend in tweets declaring everything from news to books "fake" or "phony."
by Tamara Keith
Sep 02, 2018
3 minutes
President Trump was bombarded with negative news cycles last month, so he turned to Twitter, venting frustrations and dismissing an increasingly wide variety of things he doesn't like as "fake" or "phony." Presidential tweets about "fake news" aren't new, but August was unique in the sheer frequency of such presidential declarations on Twitter. There were more tweets in August about things Trump labels fake and phony than in any other month of his presidency.
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