On Wednesday, Sean Spicer Press Secretary White House put aside long-standing feud with CNN by referring its poll about President Trump’s Congress speech.
Sean Spicer tweeted CNN poll that show positive reactions to Trump’s address to the congress the night before, despite White House’s criticism of the network and referred as “fake news.”
In @cnn poll 78% of @POTUS #JointAddress watchers say positive, 69% say policies will move country in right direction, 69% more optimistic
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) March 1, 2017
The polls show that more than three in four Americans reacted positively to POTUS’s speech. The administration has repeatedly called CNN a network “fake news” that cites wrong sources on many occasions. Not only that they also called its data collection and analysis inaccurate and biased.
Last week CNN was among the other major news houses that were barred from Spicer’s question-answer session.
Just a small example of how dishonest the "fake news" charge from the WH is https://t.co/wpQddTarh7
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 1, 2017
FAKE NEWS media knowingly doesn't tell the truth. A great danger to our country. The failing @nytimes has become a joke. Likewise @CNN. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017
According to The Hill
Spicer decided to hold an off-camera “gaggle” with journalists inside his West Wing office, also leaving out outlets like the New York Times, The Hill and BuzzFeed.
CNN responded by condemning its exclusion later last Friday, vowing it would continue holding Trump’s administration publicly accountable.
“This is an unacceptable development by the Trump White House,” CNN said in a statement. “Apparently this is how they retaliate when you report facts they don’t like. We’ll keep reporting regardless.”
