# ABC News shit the bed by publishing fake news on Friday. They know it too.

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**Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-news-shit-the-bed-by-publishing-fake-news-on-friday-they-know-it-too/803598/72 "2017-12-05T16:42:20Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> OK, perhaps my choice of words should have been finer. Perhaps “Trumpists” would be better? From my observation, and that includes the president, there is an attempt to label MSM, as a whole, as “fake news.”

I like “Trumpeteers”, really fits the childishness. They wear MAGA hats instead of mouse ears.

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