CNN's Stelter on Trump: 'Fox News Presidency'
- 7 years ago
During a CNN segment, Brian Stelter said "President Trump is in some ways a Fox News presidency."
At his Friday's press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Trump said, "you should be talking to Fox," when asked about the U.K. wiretapping claim.
Commenting on the president's remarks during a 'Newsroom with Fredricka Whitfield' segment on Saturday, CNN correspondent Brian Stelter said, "....President Trump is in some ways a Fox News presidency.”
Stelter continued, "He watches Fox a lot. He tweets about Fox. He gives most of his interviews to Fox. He hires former Fox staffers. He peddles information from Fox. So he’s in this feedback loop with one particular outlet.”
Stelter also said, "...he’s especially getting information from the opinion programs on the network which clearly skew to the right...they skew conservative.”
According to the New York Times, Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano, citing anonymous sources, claimed on Tuesday that "Britain’s top spy agency had wiretapped Mr. Trump on behalf of President Barack Obama during last year’s campaign."
White House press secretary Sean Spicer referenced that allegation during a press briefing and when the president was asked about it, Trump responded, “...we said nothing. All we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television. I didn’t make an opinion on it...You shouldn’t be talking to me. You should be talking to Fox.”
At his Friday's press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Trump said, "you should be talking to Fox," when asked about the U.K. wiretapping claim.
Commenting on the president's remarks during a 'Newsroom with Fredricka Whitfield' segment on Saturday, CNN correspondent Brian Stelter said, "....President Trump is in some ways a Fox News presidency.”
Stelter continued, "He watches Fox a lot. He tweets about Fox. He gives most of his interviews to Fox. He hires former Fox staffers. He peddles information from Fox. So he’s in this feedback loop with one particular outlet.”
Stelter also said, "...he’s especially getting information from the opinion programs on the network which clearly skew to the right...they skew conservative.”
According to the New York Times, Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano, citing anonymous sources, claimed on Tuesday that "Britain’s top spy agency had wiretapped Mr. Trump on behalf of President Barack Obama during last year’s campaign."
White House press secretary Sean Spicer referenced that allegation during a press briefing and when the president was asked about it, Trump responded, “...we said nothing. All we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television. I didn’t make an opinion on it...You shouldn’t be talking to me. You should be talking to Fox.”