President Donald Trump often dismisses news stories or media outlets that he doesn’t like as “fake news.” How often? A
database of his public remarks contains 320 references last year to “fake news.”
Trump has labeled accurate news reporting as “fake news” or spread false information himself, while at the same time accusing the media of being “fake” or “dishonest.”
Jan. 18: On job creation
In
two tweets, President-elect Trump said: “Totally biased @NBCNews went out of its way to say that the big announcement from Ford, G.M., Lockheed & others that jobs are coming back…to the U.S., but had nothing to do with TRUMP, is more FAKE NEWS. Ask top CEO’s of those companies for real facts. Came back because of me!”
As we wrote, industry experts and company officials say the announcements were largely market-driven and
were in the works before Trump was elected.
Ford CEO Mark Fields said, “Yes, absolutely,” when asked if the company would have made the announcement had Trump not been elected president. GM leaders stressed that the investments in the U.S. were
part of a longtime trend that predated Trump.
As for Lockheed Martin, the jobs aren’t “coming back”; they are being added as part of a larger contract for more F-35 planes. The additional jobs were tied to increased production of F-35s called for in
a new government contract that was in the works before Trump became president.
Trump's Phony 'Fake News' Claims - FactCheck.org
it did not start this past year, as she states!!!
