Trump dismisses coronavirus question from CNN’s Jim Acosta as ‘fake news’

Published March 12, 2020 6:48pm ET



President Trump and CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta were involved in a heated exchange during which the president dismissed the reporter’s network as “fake news.”

Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday night in an attempt to quell coronavirus fears in a move that Acosta criticized on television. Acosta asked Trump if he is taking the coronavirus seriously enough.

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