Bob Woodward To Trump At WHCD: 'The Media Is Not Fake News'
Journalists at the 2017 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night spoke out against President Trump’s dismissal of the media as “fake news.”
Journalists at the 2017 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night spoke out against President Trump’s dismissal of the media as “fake news," reports ABC News.
Bob Woodward, one of the reporters who broke the Watergate story, told the audience, “Like politicians and presidents sometimes, perhaps too frequently, we make mistakes and go too far. When that happens we should own up to it."
However, he added, “...the effort today to get this best obtainable version of the truth is largely made in good faith. Mr. President, the media is not ‘fake news.’”
Meanwhile, his former partner Carl Bernstein said in his speech that “Almost inevitably, unreasonable government secrecy is the enemy and usually the giveaway about what the real story might be. When lying is combined with secrecy, there is usually a pretty good road map in front of us.”
He then said, “Yes, follow the money but also follow the lies.”
Association president Jeff Mason, on the other hand, was more direct in his comments, telling attendees, “We are not fake news. We are not failing news organizations. And we are not the enemy of the American people.”
Trump broke with tradition and did not attend the event; instead, he chose to hold a rally in Pennsylvania to commemorate his 100th day in office.
But he did take a jab at the gathering of journalists during his remarks, saying, “A large group of Hollywood actors and Washington media are consoling each other in a hotel ballroom in our nation's capital right now...And I could not possibly be more thrilled than to be...spending my evening with all of you and with a much, much larger crowd and much better people, right?”
He had also tweeted Saturday, “Mainstream (FAKE) media refuses to state our long list of achievements, including 28 legislative signings, strong borders & great optimism!”
Journalists at the 2017 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night spoke out against President Trump’s dismissal of the media as “fake news," reports ABC News.
Bob Woodward, one of the reporters who broke the Watergate story, told the audience, “Like politicians and presidents sometimes, perhaps too frequently, we make mistakes and go too far. When that happens we should own up to it."
However, he added, “...the effort today to get this best obtainable version of the truth is largely made in good faith. Mr. President, the media is not ‘fake news.’”
Meanwhile, his former partner Carl Bernstein said in his speech that “Almost inevitably, unreasonable government secrecy is the enemy and usually the giveaway about what the real story might be. When lying is combined with secrecy, there is usually a pretty good road map in front of us.”
He then said, “Yes, follow the money but also follow the lies.”
Association president Jeff Mason, on the other hand, was more direct in his comments, telling attendees, “We are not fake news. We are not failing news organizations. And we are not the enemy of the American people.”
Trump broke with tradition and did not attend the event; instead, he chose to hold a rally in Pennsylvania to commemorate his 100th day in office.
But he did take a jab at the gathering of journalists during his remarks, saying, “A large group of Hollywood actors and Washington media are consoling each other in a hotel ballroom in our nation's capital right now...And I could not possibly be more thrilled than to be...spending my evening with all of you and with a much, much larger crowd and much better people, right?”
He had also tweeted Saturday, “Mainstream (FAKE) media refuses to state our long list of achievements, including 28 legislative signings, strong borders & great optimism!”
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