Trump says White House is targeting ‘fake news,’ not press freedom
Donald Trump defended his approach to the press, saying the White House was attacking what he called fake news, not freedom of the press. He described fake news as a threat to national security and said it should be stopped immediately.
Key points
- Trump framed the dispute as an effort against fake news rather than an attack on the free press.
Evidence · 3 source statements
- He also characterized fake news as a national-security threat and called for it to be stopped.
Evidence · 3 source statements
Who's involved
Donald Trump
He defended the White House's approach to the press.
Trump said the White House was targeting fake news, not press freedom; he described fake news as a national-security threat and called for it to be stopped.
What they said · 6 source statements
What was reported
- Trump said the White House was not attacking the free press but was attacking fake news, which he said had spread like cancer in the United States.
Reported independently by 3: Daily Jang, The Hankyoreh, Yonhap News Agency
Evidence · 3 source statements
- Trump called fake news a threat to national security.
Reported independently by 2: The Hankyoreh, Yonhap News Agency
Evidence · 2 source statements
- Trump said fake news should be stopped immediately.
One source: Yonhap News Agency
Evidence · 1 source statement
Still unclear
- The names of the three outlets and the specific restrictions are not stated.
Not heard from
- The three media outlets facing restrictions — They are directly affected, but their own statements do not appear in the claims.