Trump seizes on NYU professor's tweet to push change of libel laws

President Trump on Monday seized on a New York University professor’s false tweet as an example of journalistic malpractice while calling for the U.S. to modify its libel laws to hold news media accountable.

In his early morning tweet while on an overseas trip to Japan, the president said a fake quote attributed to him by Ian Bremmer shows "what’s going on in the age of Fake News."

"People think they can say anything and get away with it," Trump wrote. "Really, the libel laws should be changed to hold Fake News Media accountable!"