CNN is a fake news outlet. OANN, according to Trump, is chock full of truthiness

[CatWoman]

Let’s break this down. First, the president-elect of the United States is tweeting in all capital letters. This is something that when done by an unknown person with an egg avatar usually results in an instant blocking/muting because it is assumed that they are at least partially nuts. For Trump to do this it must mean that the subject is REALLY important and that he is VERY confident in the truth of what he is saying. This means that its substance should be prone to even greater scrutiny.

Secondly, in the tweet he cites a One America News Network “report,” but there are multiple problems with this. One America News (on which I have appeared multiple times) is a complete joke. It is a tiny network based in a very small office building off a highway outside of San Diego. It has literally no “news” department from which to generate any legitimate original reporting.

OANN, which just hired former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, is very clearly attempting to make a name for itself by being the most pro-Trump outlet in the land (which is about as difficult a task as being the most obvious sycophant at an Oscar winner’s post-ceremony party) and nothing they say about him should be taken at face value by anyone. But in this particular case, Trump citing them is even more bizarre and lacking in credibility than it normally would be.

It isn’t even clear from the tweet what exactly Trump was referring to when he claiming (again, in all caps!) that “Intelligence Insiders” are saying that the dossier is a “complete fraud,” because OANN didn’t even “report” that. OANN itself tweeted out Trump’s original tweet along with a link to a commentary by their host Liz Wheeler. Not only is the video a pure opinion-piece (one with numerous highly questionable conclusions) rather than a news report, but nowhere in there is even a reference to what was in the Trump tweet.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/trumps-all-caps-oann-tweet-may-be-his-most-telling-yet-and-no-one-seems-to-care/

[pinboy3niner]

1. Chalk it up to Trump's OANNanism

[myrna minx]

2. CNN is totally fake, but this here angelfire blog site is bigly legit.

[CatWoman]

4. ok

you just made me laugh silly

[myrna minx]

7. Hi CW

[Freethinker65]

3. So now Trump is going to give his endorsement to OANN?

The Office of Government Ethics guy will be too busy with Trumps infractions to go to Chaffetz's hearings.

[TrekLuver]

5. Keep bringing this up asshole....doth protesteth too much. He is busted.

[Blue Owl]

6. Orange Asshole News Network

n/t