A Washington Post reporter Saturday had to tender an apology after US President Donald Trump asked him to do so for posting an erroneous tweet about his rally in Florida.<\/p>\n
Dave Weigel, who covers politics for the newspaper, had posted a picture on his Twitter account which showed an empty arena when Trump was addressing a public meeting.<\/p>\n
Trump, in a tweet, said, \u201cWeigel put out a phony photo of an empty arena hours before he arrived at the venue, with thousands of people outside, on their way in. Real photos now shown as I spoke. Packed house, many people unable to get in. Demand apology & retraction from FAKE NEWS WaPo!\u201d said the US President as he posted pictures of the event.<\/p>\n
Weigel apologised within minutes, and tweeted, \u201cSure thing: I apologise. I deleted the photo after David Martosko of Daily Mail told me I\u2019d gotten it wrong. Was confused by the image of you walking in the bottom right corner.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite Weigel\u2019s apology, Trump in a follow-up tweet demanded that he be fired.<\/p>\n
\u201cWeigel of the Washington Post just admitted that his picture was a FAKE showing an almost empty arena last night for my speech in Pensacola when, in fact, he knew the arena was packed . FAKE NEWS, he should be fired,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFake News CNN made a vicious and purposeful mistake yesterday. They were caught red handed, just like lonely Brian Ross at ABC News (who should be immediately fired for his \u201cmistake\u201d).
\nCNN, in another tweet, he said, is the \u201cleast trusted name in news\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cCNN\u2019s slogan is CNN, THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS. Everyone knows this is not true, that this could, in fact, be a fraud on the American Public. There are many outlets that are far more trusted than Fake News CNN. Their slogan should be CNN, THE LEAST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS!\u201d said the US President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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