‘#FakeNews CNN’, the ‘Failing @NYTimes’ – or the US president, who has often been economical with the truth?

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Donald Trump announced the winners of “the most dishonest and corrupt media awards of the year” on Wednesday, handing out prizes to news organisations including CNN and the New York Times.

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) And the FAKE NEWS winners are...https://t.co/59G6x2f7fD

We looked back at some widely reported untruths – see if you can guess who the fake news provider is.

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Who should have won the Donald Trump most dishonest and corrupt media awards of the year?

In June 2017 who reported Republicans had won five special elections to the Democrats nil? Which wasn't true. Congratulations to @FoxNews NBC news is #FakeNews Donald Trump Of five special congressional elections held up to that point in 2017, Republicans had won four, but Democrats won one. So dishonest! Rigged system! Who said the US has a $17 billion trade deficit with Canada? Which it doesn't. Fake News practitioners at NBC Donald Trump The US actually had a trade surplus with Canada of $8.1 billion in 2016. It's hard to read the Amazon Washington Post because every story/opinion, even if should be positive, is bad! FAKE NEWS media knowingly doesn't tell the truth. A great danger to our country Who said that Colbert's Late Show had the highest rating he’s ever had when Donald Trump appeared on it? Which was not the case. Fake News of CNN Donald Trump Colbert had ratings 2 million higher when the show made its debut. Why doesn't Fake News report this? Thank you to @FoxNews and so many other news outlets for the GREAT reviews Who argued in October that the Senate had stated there had been no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign? Which nobody had said. Donald Trump A transcript of the Senate Intellgence Committee Press Event two days prior to Trump making this claims does not show that anybody said this. Facebook was always anti-Trump Loser CNN! Fake @NBCNews In July who reported that the Trump administration had signed more bills through the legislature than any president, ever? Which it hadn't. The Failing @nytimes Give this information NOW! @FoxNews Fake News CNN Donald Trump In fact Presidents Clinton, Carter, Truman, and Roosevelt had passed more legislation at the same point in the first year of their presidencies. Who reported that President Obama and other US presidents did not make phone calls to the families of US military personnel lost in action? Which they did. So many stories about me in the @washingtonpost are Fake News Witch Hunt! Donald Trump “This is an outrageous and disrespectful lie even by Trump standards” a former aide to President Obama said. As well as making calls, Obama also personally visited Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to receive the coffins of troops killed in action. @NBCNews is bad Who claimed that President Obama had released 122 vicious prisoners from Guantanamo Bay detention camp who had returned to the battle field? Which did not happen. Donald Trump 113 of them had been released under the previous administration of George W. Bush. Fake news polls released yesterday by ABC Any negative polls are fake news The failing @nytimes has disgraced the media world Who said that Donald Trump's tax plans would not benefit Donald Trump? Which they do. I seldom, if ever, watch MSNBC, which I consider Fake News Thank you to Shawn Steel for the nice words on @FoxNews The failing @nytimes writes false story after false story about me Donald Trump As the only president in living memory not to have released his tax returns, it is difficult to calculate the exact impact. However, with the data we do have from 2005 we know that Donald Trump paid $31,261,179 in AMT (alternative minimum tax), a tax which is being repealed under Trump's plans. Who reported that the US is the highest taxed nation in the world? Which it almost certainly is not. Wow, @FoxNews just reporting big news Donald Trump Using OECD figures to compare nations, the US is not the highest taxed nation if you look at tax revenue as percentage of GDP - where it comes 31st. The US does not raise the highest amount of corporate tax revenue as percentage of GDP - where it comes 17th. The US does not raise the highest tax revenue per capita - it is placed 19th in that table. Boycott Fake News CNN The fake news media is going crazy with their conspiracy theories Who claimed that the US Coast Guard saved more than 15,000 lives during Hurricane Harvey? Which was an exaggeration. Purposely phoney reporting Biased @NBC Donald Trump The US Coast Guard did save a lot of lives during Hurricane Harvey, but not as many as the 15,000 or 16,000 that Trump has claimed on separate occasions. The official life-saving toll was put at just over 11,000. CNN International is still a major source of (Fake) news In June 2017, who suggested that CNN's ratings were 'way down'? When they were not. Donald Trump Politifact assessed that CNN's ratings were at a five-year high. Dishonest and disgusting (FakeNews) @NBCNews 24/7 #Fake News CNN, THE LEAST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS! Who announced that the murder rate in the US was the highest for 47 years? Which isn't true It is actually hard to believe how naive (or dumb) the Failing @nytimes is #FraudNewsCNN! Donald Trump Murder rates were higher in the 1980s and 1990s Very little pick-up by the dishonest media of incredible information provided by WikiLeaks You got… Not bad. A Sean Spicer-esque performance Even Anthony Scaramucci would do better than this Well done. You could do Sarah Huckabee Sanders' job Challenge your friends Share on Facebook

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