intentionally wrong. trump unveiling the awards with you guessed it a tweet using his favorite medium there it provided a link to a republican party website that listed ten cases in which major american news sources reported stories that were later retracted or which the list says were simply incorrect c.n.n. qualified for four mentions followed by two for the new york times despite some of trump s and initial statements via twitter it was not immediately clear who authored the list. all the social media reaction to the fake news awards once again highlights the deep polarization in the united states with both the president s supporters and detractors seeing them as vindication of their political viewpoints trump space is applauding the move for example here is a taste of the conversation from my gonzalo who tweets i am just so proud to have a president that not only stands up for the american people but stands up for
liberal media trump is changing the scope of politics and his refusal to be politically correct is a dream come true trumps opponents see it as another disturbing attack on press freedoms this person wrote the following we laugh about the fake news of wards but it is actually in fact quite terrifying and chilling this is what happens in dictatorships and fascist regimes facts language truth and ultimately the press become hijacked to serve power not question it or hold it accountable. now these awards they generated enough attention to bring down parts of the republican party website just after trump tweeted about them so a lot of traffic there on that website. name time you know this fist fake news awards came on the same day that two prominent republican senators sharply attacked the president for criticizing the press sen john mccain wrote in the washington post that trump s words undermines the credibility of media around