The inconsistency of attacks on the media
By Callum Borchers
February 25 at 8:44 AM
... At the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, he accused the news media of widespread fabrication, claiming without evidence that “they have no sources; they just make 'em up when there are none.”
It is a charge ... wholly incompatible with his assertions, at other times (or on the same day), that U.S. intelligence officials are leaking classified information to reporters — and must be ferreted out.
Are the unidentified intelligence sources cited in reports .. invented by “dishonest” journalists? Or are they real people, providing real information ...?
Trump, of course, would not have asked for (or received) Flynn's resignation if the sources who spoke to The Post were made up. Defying logic, however, Trump said at CPAC that they were ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/25/the-remarkable-inconsistency-of-trumps-attacks-on-the-media/?utm_term=.51b155602d80