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President Trump set the record straight during a White House coronavirus task force briefing after the media tried to claim he didn’t act to mitigate the pandemic soon enough.
During the briefing Monday, Trump stepped aside to let a video montage play showing numerous media figures from January and February downplaying and dismissing the severity of the coronavirus crisis, and other Democrat leaders praising Trump for his response efforts.
Trump owns the media for saying "it's just the flu bro" throughout Jan and Feb, CNN cuts the feed.pic.twitter.com/R80ZzxXP0W— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) April 13, 2020
The montage was so effective at exposing the media’s hypocrisy and bias that CNN and MSNBC immediately cut the feed, claiming the president was broadcasting “propaganda.”
And every cable news network appears to be taking it. https://t.co/AIxUun8Cpp— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 13, 2020
CNN is in Full on Panic Mode pic.twitter.com/CBSLIUX0zq— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) April 13, 2020
“We are going to avoid airing any more of this White House briefing until it returns to what it was supposed to be, which was the coronavirus task force providing medical information,” said MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber.
WATCH: @AriMelber explains why @MSNBC has cut away from the president's campaign rally-style briefing. pic.twitter.com/nOCnF3xEPc— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 13, 2020
ABC’s Jon Karl asked Trump: “I have never seen a video like that played in this room…Why did you feel the need to do that?”
“Because we’re getting Fake News & I’d like to have it corrected,” Trump replied.
SAVAGE TRUMP🔥@jonkarl reacts to the montage of the Media downplaying Coronavirus: "I have never seen a video like that played in this room.. Why did you feel the need to do that?”— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 13, 2020
TRUMP: "Because we’re getting Fake News & I’d like to have it corrected”pic.twitter.com/pamG2yii1u
The mainstream media has cut away from Trump’s task force briefings several times and has called for boycotting future briefings after he floated hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus.
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