Trump’s ‘Fake News’ Propaganda Campaign Is Metastasizing
From gaslighting the ‘New York Times’ brass to misinformation about Infowars and Republican shadow bans, we’re in a crisis of truth
By Ryan Bort
President Trump is never more at home than when watching cable news with his Twitter app fired up. Sunday was no exception. Beginning at 8:30 a.m., the president threatened to shut down the government if Democrats don’t vote to fund the proposed border wall, touted Friday’s GDP report and once again professed “No Collusion!” while alleging Special Counsel Mueller is unfit to lead the investigation — all in 240 characters or less. He also unleashed a new string of attacks against the media, with which he has been especially displeased in recent weeks.
According to the New York Times, Sulzberger and James Bennet, who oversees the paper’s editorial page, met with Trump after receiving a request from the White House, which also insisted the meeting be kept off the record. Noting that the president’s tweet on…
