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From his inauguration in January 2017 through October 15, 2019, Trump called the news media the "enemy of the people" 36 times on Twitter. [3]In 2012, former Democratic pollster Patrick Caddell gave a speech at a conference sponsored by Accuracy in Media, a conservative watchdog group, in which he called the media "the enemy of the American people".
In total, Trump's article received over 10,000 edits from its creation to January 2016. [4] By September of that year, Trump's article had become the 28th most edited for a person on the site. [5] The next month, The Washington Post reported that Trump's page was edited more times in an election cycle than other Republican nominees since 2004. [6]
Tenet Media was an American right-wing media company founded by conservatives [3] [4] Lauren Chen and Liam Donovan (her husband) in 2022. Describing itself as a "network of heterodox commentators that focus on western political and cultural issues", [5] [6] Tenet Media featured six right-wing influencers: Matt Christiansen, Tayler Hansen, Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, and Lauren Southern.
On June 28, 2020, Trump retweeted a video showing profane arguments between anti-Trump and pro-Trump protesters in The Villages, Florida, a retirement community. In the video, a pro-Trump protester can twice be heard yelling "white power" at the anti-Trump protesters. In his tweet, Trump thanked the pro-Trump protesters shown in the video ...
The Post's decision was criticized by staffers in the opinions and news divisions. [409] [410] The editorial board was informed by Shipley in a regular meeting, [431] who reacted strongly against the decision. [409] [430] [433] One board member told Semafor that "people are shocked, furious, surprised" at the announcement. [430]
The term "fake news" has been weaponized with the goal of undermining public trust in news media. [155] President Donald Trump seized on the term "fake news" [161] [162] as a way of denigrating any story or outlet critical of him, even appearing to claim to have invented the term [163] and handing out so-called "Fake News Awards" in 2017. [164]
The Russian government has interfered in the 2024 United States elections through disinformation and propaganda campaigns [1] aimed at damaging Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and other Democrats while boosting the candidacy of Donald Trump and other candidates who support isolationism and undercutting support for Ukraine aid and NATO.
One research found evidence of pro-Trump fake news being selectively targeted on conservatives and pro-Trump supporters in 2016. [74] The researchers found that social media sites, Facebook in particular, to be powerful platforms to spread certain fake news to targeted groups to appeal to their sentiments during the 2016 presidential race.