The following article by Matt Gertz was posted on the Media Matters website October 5, 2017:
President Donald Trump urged Congress to begin investigations into the U.S. media, which he baselessly claimed was fabricating stories in order to damage his presidency, in a Thursday morning tweet with authoritarian overtones.
“Why Isn’t the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!,” the president tweeted just before 7 a.m. EST. Continue reading “Authoritarian watch: Trump calls for congressional investigation into U.S. news outlets”