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WTF: Trump Mails Media Accountability Survey After Bizarre Press Conference
The last time President Trump emailed a “Mainstream Media Accountability Survey” to supporters, it was August, he was a candidate, Hillary Clinton was leading the polls and an analysis by the New York Times gave him a 12 percent chance of winning the White House.
“We are running against the very dishonest and totally biased media!” the email read, USA Today reported. “It’s time to hold the media accountable for trying to rig this election against us.”
The email said the Trump campaign would use the survey results to combat polls put out by “liberal organizations.”
“Well, Friend, with your help today, the next time I’m being interviewed, I will have my own poll that shows that the American people disagree with the dishonest media!” the email said.
Thirty questions (about Hillary Clinton’s “lies,” “political correctness” and unfair coverage) led to a donation prompt.
“Thank you for standing up to the media’s lies and attacks,” it said. “Now take the next step and make a contribution to fight back.”
Fast forward six months — past the Nov. 8 election Trump won, his Jan. 20 inauguration and the first month of his presidency — to Thursday and the grievance-filled news conference at the White House that took aim, once again, at the news media. He attacked newspapers and TV journalists for reporting “stories of chaos” when, Trump said, his administration is “running like a fine-tuned machine.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/17/after-combative-news-conference-trumps-pac-sends-followers-another-survey-about-media-bias/?utm_term=.8ac957e2c993
“We are running against the very dishonest and totally biased media!” the email read, USA Today reported. “It’s time to hold the media accountable for trying to rig this election against us.”
The email said the Trump campaign would use the survey results to combat polls put out by “liberal organizations.”
“Well, Friend, with your help today, the next time I’m being interviewed, I will have my own poll that shows that the American people disagree with the dishonest media!” the email said.
Thirty questions (about Hillary Clinton’s “lies,” “political correctness” and unfair coverage) led to a donation prompt.
“Thank you for standing up to the media’s lies and attacks,” it said. “Now take the next step and make a contribution to fight back.”
Fast forward six months — past the Nov. 8 election Trump won, his Jan. 20 inauguration and the first month of his presidency — to Thursday and the grievance-filled news conference at the White House that took aim, once again, at the news media. He attacked newspapers and TV journalists for reporting “stories of chaos” when, Trump said, his administration is “running like a fine-tuned machine.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/17/after-combative-news-conference-trumps-pac-sends-followers-another-survey-about-media-bias/?utm_term=.8ac957e2c993
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