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Late last week, CNN was forced to remove a story that falsely claimed former Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci was being investigated by Congress for alleged ties to a Russian bank. And on Tuesday, President Trump took to Twitter to rub the fake news in CNN’s face after three people involved with the story resigned. CBS took acceptation with Trump’s gloating and whined about it during CBS Evening News, later that day. “And now to the White House where tensions between the administration and the news media are growing,” announced Anchor Anthony Mason at the start of the segment.
White House Correspondent Major Garrett started his report by reading Trump’s scornful tweet. “’Wow, CNN had to retract big story on Russia with three employees forced to resign,’ the President wrote. ‘What about all the other phony stories they do? Fake news,’” he read. Garrett appeared to stick up for CNN, noting how they had apologized to Scaramucci for dragging his name through the mud.
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