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| Donald Trump has doubled down on his criticism of the media - calling for an end to anonymous sources in stories. | |
| “I’m not against the media. I’m not against the press,” he told a gathering of conservatives in Washington DC. | |
| "I'm not against the press. I'm not against the bad stories...I'm only against the fake news media and press." | |
| Addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC - his first time as president - he returned to one of his favourite topics, namely the media and its relationship with him and his government. The day before, his top political adviser, Steve Bannon, had at the same event once again called the media “the opposition”. | |
| Mr Trump has sparked widespread controversy earlier in the month, when he said in a tweet that the “fake news media was the enemy of the American people”. The comment was widely denounced by media rights groups, along with some of Mr Trump’s supporters. | |
| On Friday, Mr Trump said that the media had misreported his tweet. He said he was not referring to all the media, merely those elements of it that engaged in what he termed “fake news”. | |
| “They have no sources, they just make them up when there are none,” he said. “Can’t have people making up sources.” | |
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