Trump Caught Spreading Debunked News Story On Facebook To Build Support For His Muslim Ban
Trump's Post Comes As He Cries “FAKE NEWS” To Discredit Coverage He Doesn't Like
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CNN's Brian Stelter reported that President Donald Trump posted a false story on his Facebook page alleging that Kuwait imposed a “Trump-esque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries.” Stelter noted that Kuwait “categorically denied the reports” and that other news outlets issued corrections to their reports while Trump's post remains on Facebook. Even the Middle Eastern blog from which Trump posted his article published a story debunking its own report. BuzzFeed News reported that the story “cited only 'Kuwaiti sources' who spokes to 'local media'” and was picked up by Breitbart News, Infowars, and Sputnik News, a Russian government news site. Stelter said that this is the kind of reporting that Trump “might call 'fake news,'” as Trump has repeatedly disparaged reputable national outlets by calling them “false” and "FAKE NEWS." A number of Trump's associates have also been caught spreading fake news stories on social media in the past. From the February 5 edition of CNN's Reliable Sources: