Trump shares tweet claiming CBS suppressed his appearance on Colbert

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JOHN BOWDEN - 10/30/18 08:30 AM EDT

President Trump on Monday retweeted a message from another account that claimed CBS executives were suppressing video of an episode of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on which then-candidate Trump was a guest.

The tweet, which the president retweeted Monday evening, came from a small account with less than 50 followers which claimed that “you will not find these segments on YouTube” and that CBS had “deleted” the episode from its website.

CBS does not typically provide access to shows dating back more than a week on its website, and the company's official YouTube page still has a video clip of Trump's interview with Colbert, which has been up on the platform since 2015 and has had more than 14 million views.

In addition, the video tweeted by the account, "@blacksfortrump5," is edited to appear as if Colbert and his audience are celebrating Trump's run for president, while, in the actual clip, Colbert was joking that Trump provided the late-night talk show's writers with so much material for their broadcasts.

Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/413778-trump-shares-tweet-falsely-claiming-his-appearance-on-colbert

[peekaloo]

1. You mean "that guy on CBS"

He's baiting Colbert.......not wise.

[Harker]

2. He's probably pointing to targets for the next wave. n/t

[SWBTATTReg]

3. rump is in fact scared and nervous of Colbert and his followers. The most consistent, the most...

intelligent, the most persistent criticism of all things rump have come from this show and no one could have done it better than Mr. Colbert himself. I enjoy watching the show, the humor, the guests, everything is well planned and a beacon of light in the darkness.