Jonathan Swan questions CNBC over its White House sources

Shot. . .

CNBC is pushing this report that President Trump and Peter Navarro are “the only officials in the White House blaming the Fed for volatility”:

This is a weird news alert pic.twitter.com/ws6wW6b549

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) August 15, 2019

Here’s the article:

President Donald Trump and economic advisor Peter Navarro are alone in the White House when it comes to blaming Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for the economic slowdown, administration officials told CNBC.

And now for the chaser. . .

CNBC needs better sources:

Also strange bc I spoke to a senior WH official yesterday who was not named Navarro or Trump and they were blaming Jay Powell and the Fed for just about everything afflicting the world. https://t.co/LcdqJroeuS

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) August 15, 2019

We believe the term for what CNBC just did is, “Fake News!”

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