Trump Wants Washington Post Reporter Fired Over Misleading Tweet<br />Brian Ross, the chief investigative correspondent for ABC News, was suspended this month for four weeks without pay after incorrectly reporting<br />that Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser, would testify that Mr. Trump had directed him to make contact with Russian officials while Mr. Trump was still a candidate<br />),” adding, “He should be fired.”<br />showing an almost empty arena last night for my speech in Pensacola when, in fact, he knew the arena was packed (as shown also on T. V.).<br />https://t.co/tI7SQnpoN9<br />About an hour later, the president wrote that Mr. Weigel “just admitted that his picture was a FAKE (fraud?<br />On Saturday night, the president posted a screenshot of Mr. Weigel’s tweet and other photos that showed a crowded arena.<br />Mr. Trump’s broadside was his latest attempt to discredit the news media as biased against him, an effort<br />that has accelerated after several recent mistakes by news organizations and individual journalists.<br />She said in a statement: “Dave Weigel relied on an inaccurate image in tweeting about President Trump’s rally in Pensacola.<br />The reporter, Dave Weigel, posted a picture of an arena with many empty seats.<br />“Demand apology & retraction from FAKE NEWS WaPo!” he wrote.
