[FONT="]Fox News anchor Chris Wallace pressed President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Reince Priebus, to explain why the president characterized the media as the "enemy of the American people."[/FONT]
[FONT="]In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," Wallace asked Priebus if Trump believes that "a free and independent press is a threat to the country."[/FONT]
[FONT="]Priebus attempted to soften Trump's claim, saying the president was referring to reports that members of Trump's presidential campaign communicated with Russian intelligence officials during the campaign.[/FONT]
[FONT="]"There are certain things that are happening in the news that just aren't honest. We're not talking about everyone, Chris. We're not talking about all news. We are talking about something he's termed as fake news," Priebus said.[/FONT]
[FONT="]When the chief of staff dismissed the recent reports about Trump's potential ties to Russia as "total garbage," Wallace said the president's rhetoric did not have the nuance Priebus was articulating.[/FONT]
[FONT="]"Reince, here's the problem. I don't have any problem with you complaining about an individual story. We sometimes get it wrong, you guys sometimes get it wrong. I don't have any problem with you complaining about bias," Wallace said.
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[FONT="]In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," Wallace asked Priebus if Trump believes that "a free and independent press is a threat to the country."[/FONT]
[FONT="]Priebus attempted to soften Trump's claim, saying the president was referring to reports that members of Trump's presidential campaign communicated with Russian intelligence officials during the campaign.[/FONT]
[FONT="]"There are certain things that are happening in the news that just aren't honest. We're not talking about everyone, Chris. We're not talking about all news. We are talking about something he's termed as fake news," Priebus said.[/FONT]
[FONT="]When the chief of staff dismissed the recent reports about Trump's potential ties to Russia as "total garbage," Wallace said the president's rhetoric did not have the nuance Priebus was articulating.[/FONT]
[FONT="]"Reince, here's the problem. I don't have any problem with you complaining about an individual story. We sometimes get it wrong, you guys sometimes get it wrong. I don't have any problem with you complaining about bias," Wallace said.
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