Headline RoundupFebruary 6th, 2017
Trump Claims Fake News
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Donald Trump is calling all negative polls about his immigration ban fake news.
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From the Left
No, President Trump, negative polls are not 'fake news'CNN Digital
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President Trump is encouraging his 24 million Twitter followers to ignore accurate polls.
On Monday he tweeted -- inaccurately -- that "Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election."
From the Left
Equating bad polls with fake news, Trump further inflates his surrealistic bubbleWashington Post
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It was inevitable that we would get to this point, given the two years that preceded it.
On Monday morning, President Trump began the tweetweek with a response to recent polling showing that his executive order on immigration is more unpopular than it is popular.
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From the Right
Trump on immigration order's popularity: 'Negative polls are fake news'Fox News Digital
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President Trump continued his assault on mainstream polling on Monday morning, tweeting that any poll showing his controversial immigration ban is unpopular is “fake news” and asserting his internal statistics are superior.
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