CNN’s Brian Stelter is having a sad over the big 3 networks not covering two nothing-burger stories on Donald Trump this week.
First up, he called out NBC and CBS for not covering Trump’s remarks at a fundraiser for the NRCC that the noise from wind turbines may cause cancer:
On NBC and CBS this week, the only coverage of Trump's claim that "they say" wind farm noise "causes cancer" was on… late-night comedy shows. No coverage from the morning or evening newscasts.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 4, 2019
Luckily NBC’s Dem propaganda arm was on the case:
President Trump said that windmills cause cancer. #ForFactsSake, @SRuhle clears that theory up: pic.twitter.com/jVssYF1OKO
— Velshi & Ruhle (@VelshiRuhle) April 3, 2019
And then he called out all three networks for not covering the president for saying his father was born in Germany:
As far as I can tell, the only network TV references to Trump's false father-born-in-Germany claims were on Colbert, Fallon and Kimmel. No CBS, NBC or ABC News coverage. TV time is precious, but Trump's peculiar behavior is newsworthy…
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 4, 2019
The “precious” TV time he talks of obviously doesn’t relate to CNN, as they covered the Germany goof quite extensively. This makes CNN the equivalent of Colbert, Fallon and Kimmel, right?
Here are 3 of the times has Trump claimed that his father was born in Germany. (Via @CuomoPrimeTime) pic.twitter.com/qvUb4TQR1a
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 3, 2019
On multiple shows even:
President Trump repeatedly made false claims yesterday, telling Republicans to be paranoid about vote results, claiming windmill noise “causes cancer,” and saying his dad was born in Germany instead of the Bronx.@JohnAvlon has your #RealityCheck. https://t.co/ny91f7bpTA pic.twitter.com/Rm2e4jKWX1
— CNN (@CNN) April 3, 2019
Here it is again in case you missed it:
From claiming his Bronx-born father is from Germany, to falsely touting the cancer-causing properties of windmills, the President's lies are far-fetched, frequent, and flabbergasting.
On Trump's tower of tall tales, @andersoncooper is #KeepingThemHonest.https://t.co/VPy3FMQM8h pic.twitter.com/rSTPGoEJqh
— CNN (@CNN) April 4, 2019
And on Twitter:
Trump repeatedly says his father was born in Germany, despite records showing Fred Trump was born in NYC. Why all the lies?
"He's pathological… It's part of who he is, he's compulsive," says Jack O'Donnell, fmr. pres./COO of Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino. https://t.co/R7IDtlRFyd pic.twitter.com/kQWJ50WjWB
— CNN (@CNN) April 4, 2019
And online:
President Trump claimed that his father was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany"#FactsFirst: This is untrue. Trump's father, Fred Trump, was born in the Bronx.https://t.co/yIdL9WxM4m pic.twitter.com/lPFdJJp87i
— CNN (@CNN) April 3, 2019
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