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CNN Takes on Donald Trump's 'Fake News' Label

The network declined to air an ad on the president’s first 100 days that used the term to describe the mainstream media.
Source: Mike Blake / Reuters

CNN and Donald Trump are it again.

The two have been feuding for months. On Tuesday, the network refused to air an ad by Trump’s campaign that called the mainstream media “fake news,” a term frequently used by the, titled, “Fake News Station Refuses to Run Ad Highlighting The President’s First 100 Days.”

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