Analysis: Trump escalates media fight after week of setbacks
An embattled Trump has injected his fight with the news media with new acrimony, writes the BBC's Anthony Zurcher.
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"banning the organisations because "of their constant 'reporting' of fake news"."
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""something is wrong with a country that can allow people to write purposely negative stories"."
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""I don't have to let them into the people's house"."
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""These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court"."
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An embattled Trump has injected his fight with the news media with new acrimony, writes the BBC's Anthony Zurcher.
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