Mr. Pope also noted that the “fake news” allegation rings hollow given Mr. Trump’s<br />frequent interviews with the very organizations he derides as “fake.”<br />“It’s telling here that this is in a political ad by the political campaign because it’s increasingly clear<br />that this ‘fake news’ mantra is a political maneuver more than anything,” he said.<br />CNN said it would run the 30-second television spot, a celebration of Mr. Trump’s first 100 days in office, only if the campaign removed a section<br />that featured the words “fake news” superimposed over several TV journalists, including Wolf Blitzer of CNN, and others from MSNBC, PBS, ABC and CBS.<br />“Per our policy, it will be accepted only if that graphic is deleted.”<br />In response, Michael Glassner, the executive director of Mr. Trump’s campaign committee, called the decision “censorship pure and simple.”<br />“By rejecting our ad, CNN has proven that it supports censorship is biased and fears an opposing point of view,” Mr. Glassner said in a statement.<br />CNN Refuses Trump Campaign’s ‘Fake News’ Ad -<br />By NIRAJ CHOKSHIMAY 2, 2017<br />The head of President Trump’s re-election campaign accused CNN of “censorship” on Tuesday<br />afternoon after the broadcast network refused to run the group’s latest advertisement.
