Trump says he's delaying 'Fake News Awards' until mid-January
After President Donald Trump tweeted that he would be announcing the "Most Dishonest and Corrupt Media Awards" on Monday, a few top late-night hosts chose to submit themselves for consideration for the year. "Stay tuned!" he said.
"Personally, I'm excited for the most dishonest and corrupt media awards of the year or as we call in the biz, 'the fakies, ' because nothing gives you more credibility than Donald Trump calling you a liar and I, of course, don't want to get snubbed", Colbert said during his show Wednesday night.
Trevor Noah's "Daily Show" also has a for-your-consideration graphic on its Twitter feed.
The details of the president's announcement about such unprecedented awards was unclear, and came in between tweets threatening the use of a big nuclear button against North Korea and touting Fox News' Sean Hannity's 9 p.m. show. Subjects will cover Dishonesty & Bad Reporting in various categories from the Fake News Media.
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In November, he tweeted about a competition among news networks for the "Fake News Trophy", excluding Fox News. "Victor to receive the FAKE NEWS TROPHY!"
The Trump campaign further said that the Americans are exhausted of being lied to. "Some journalists and liberal pundits think that Americans are too stupid to see through their amateur efforts to manipulate public opinion, but THEY'RE WRONG".
"That's why President Trump is crowning the 2017 KING OF FAKE NEWS before the end of the year".
Last month the "Trump Make America Great Again Committee", a joint project of the RNC and Trump presidential campaign sent an email to supporters to vote for the top "fake news" story of the year or suggest their own. The show bought a Times Square billboard and took out an ad on Twitter to court the president's attention.
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