Trump suggests reporter be fired over inaccurate crowd size tweet he already apologized for
December 11, 2017 by admin
Filed under Lingerie Events
President
Donald Trump waves to supporters after a rally in Pensacola,
Fla., Friday, Dec. 8, 2017.
Associated
Press/Jonathan Bachman
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President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested a
Washington Post reporter be fired over a misleading
tweet. -
Trump accused the reporter of publishing “FAKE NEWS”
and demanded an apology. -
Reporter Dave Weigel apologized immediately and noted
he had already deleted the tweet.
President Donald Trump singled out a Washington Post reporter for
repeated criticism Saturday evening, suggesting he be fired even
after the reporter apologized for tweeting a misleading photo he
had already deleted.
The reporter, Dave Weigel, had posted a photo of a near-empty
stadium with the caption “Packed to the rafters,” inaccurately
suggesting it was taken during Trump’s Florida rally on Friday.
In fact, the photo was taken before the rally began.
“@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,” Trump tweeted. “Real photos
now shown as a I spoke. Packed house, many people unable to get
in. Demand apology retraction from FAKE NEWS WaPo!”
Weigel apologized to Trump within minutes and noted he had
already deleted the inaccurate tweet.
“Sure thing: I apologize. I deleted the photo after @dmartosko
told me I’d gotten it wrong. Was confused by the image of you
walking in the bottom right corner,” Weigel tweeted.
“It was a bad tweet on my personal account, not a story for
Washington Post. I deleted it after like 20 minutes. Very fair to
call me out,” Weigel later tweeted.
But Trump continued to target Weigel even after the apology,
accusing him of being deliberately misleading.
“.@daveweigel of the Washington Post just admitted that his
picture was a FAKE (fraud?) showing an almost empty arena last
night for my speech in Pensacola when, in fact, he knew the arena
was packed (as shown also on T.V.). FAKE NEWS, he should be
fired,” Trump tweeted.
