Trump announced on Sunday that he is moving his latest effort to distract the country via fake news awards show from Monday to Wednesday.
Trump tweeted:
The Fake News Awards, those going to the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media, will be presented to the losers on Wednesday, January 17th, rather than this coming Monday. The interest in, and importance of, these awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2018
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The interest that Trump referred to came from late night comedians mocking the neurotic president.
The Daily Show took out a full-page ad nominating themselves:
The Daily Show is running a full page Oscar-style “For Your Consideration†ad in the New York Times today, aimed at winning President Trump’s upcoming dishonest media awards… pic.twitter.com/iVO8avtPlE
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) January 5, 2018
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee wants to be nominated for shrillest reporting:
Nice try @colbertlateshow and @TheDailyShow, but we’re sweeping the #Dishonesties this year. (P.S. @realdonaldtrump, how about a female host next time?) pic.twitter.com/dAhE5epA4D
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) January 4, 2018
Late Night with Steven Colbert has a billboard in Times Square:
Hey @FullFrontalSamB & @TheDailyShow we wish you luck but we too have a Billboard… a much bigger & more powerful one than yours, and our Billboard works! pic.twitter.com/SgxyE2mj1n
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) January 4, 2018
No one is interested in Trump’s desperate and pathetic attempts to fight with the media.
The United States has real problems that need to be solved, but the wasting his time trying to embarrass the media with a fake awards show.
The fake president is trying to distract the nation with a fake awards show, and every single elected and Republican candidate for office needs to be asked to defend this behavior.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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