"CNN used to be a place where people can tune in and get the news all day long. Now they get spin and people's opinion," Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway said. | Matt Rourke/AP Photo Conway spars with CNN host over Trump coverage

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway reignited the White House's bitter rivalry with CNN on Sunday, trading blows with host Brian Stelter over his network's coverage of the administration.

During a contentious exchange on "Reliable Sources," CNN's media-centric weekend news show, Conway was asked about a new poll showing President Donald Trump's approval rating at a historic low for a president less than 10 months into his term, and what the White House planned to do about their "credibility crisis."


Conway, who has sparred with several CNN personalities over the media's coverage of the president since Trump entered the West Wing in January, fired back against Stelter's "hyperbolic" line of questioning, accusing the network of refusing to cover policy matters and strong economic figures under Trump.

"CNN used to be a place where people can tune in and get the news all day long. Now they get spin and people's opinion. And I think CNN should own it," Conway said.

The White House counselor charged that it was in CNN's "commercial interest to be anti-Trump," and challenged them to "own it."

“I understand that you don’t want an adversarial media,” Stelter fired back. “I guess you just want everybody to be like Fox News, state-run media.”

Conway rebuffed the assertion, taunting Stelter over the network's ratings.

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"Stop being so jealous of Fox News, Brian, and their ratings,” Conway said.

President Trump has frequently attacked CNN over its reporting of the White House, dubbing them the "Fake News Network" and openly sparring with their reporters during press conferences.

"I like real news, you are fake news," Trump said to CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta in August after being questioned about his response to the rioting in Charlottesville, Va., earlier that month.

In July, Trump took his rhetorical war on the network to new heights, posting a short video on his account depicting himself body-slamming a wrestler whose head had been replaced by the logo for CNN.