U. S. President to announce ‘ most dishonest media’

Lists almost all news hubs except Fox News

Washington, Jan. 3: President Donald Trump who shares a bitter relationship with the mainstream American press has said he will announce the “most dishonest and corrupt” media awards next week.

Mr Trump has been at loggerheads with several US mainstream media outlets, including the CNN, ABC News, The New York Times and the Washington Post among others.

He has quite often described these popular media houses as “fake” media.

The term is now popularly related to news with which one does not agree with.

“I will be announcing THE MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE YEAR on Monday at 5: 00 o’clock,” Mr Trump said in a late- night tweet.

“Subjects will cover Dishonesty & Bad Reporting in various categories from the Fake News Media. Stay tuned!” Mr Trump said.

He, however, excluded Fox News, his favourite news channel.

In November, he tweeted about a competition among news networks for the “Fake News Trophy”, excluding Fox News.

“We should have a contest as to which of the Networks, plus CNN and not including Fox, is the most dishonest, corrupt and/ or distorted in its political coverage of your favourite President ( me). They are all bad. Winner to receive the FAKE NEWS TROPHY!” Mr Trump had tweeted on November 27.

Late in the evening, Fox News listed out some news stories of other networks that later proved to be inaccurate.

In an email to his supporters on December 28, the Trump campaign sought nomination for the “King of Fake News” trophy.

“At President Trump’s request, we are holding a contest to name the 2017 KING of Fake News. And we want to hear from you,” the email said.