Here is a story that shows why Trump thinks the media are both hostile and fake. Rather than headphones, Trump only wore an earpiece in one ear to hear translations during the G7 summit. However, a casual observer could conclude that he wasn't listening. One must remember, Trump has a very particular hairstyle and clunky headphones are not helpful in maintaining it. Thus, he was just wearing an earpiece in his right ear.
The negative version - that he was ignoring the Italian translation - was posted on Twitter and has been spread far and wide - 20,000 retweets. The correction was later posted on Twitter and it went nowhere - 175 retweets. The false story - which reflects poorly on Trump - has vastly better circulation than the correction. This is not unusual. When papers publish a front page story that proves to be incorrect, the correction is very rarely front page news.
Is it any wonder that the media is distrusted?
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