Photo: Getty ImagesTRUMP VS. MEDIA: At his first post-election news conference, President-elect Donald Trump took aim at CNN and BuzzFeed for reporting on an intelligence document that contained unsubstantiated, explosive claims, The Wall Street Journal reports. Mr. Trump refused to call on CNN’s Jim Acosta, telling the reporter that “you’re fake news” and “your organization is terrible.” CNN reported Tuesday that intelligence agencies had included a two-page document in briefings for Mr. Trump and President Barack Obama that included claims that Russian operatives had compromising information about the president-elect. Later, BuzzFeed published the entire 35-page dossier (which WSJ reported was authored by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele). Mr. Trump had harsher words for BuzzFeed, calling the site a “failing pile of garbage.” In a statement, CNN sought to distance itself from BuzzFeed, arguing its reporting was “vastly different” and more careful. In an interview on MSNBC on Wednesday night, BuzzFeed Editor in Chief Ben Smith defended the publication’s move to publish the documents.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 12, 2017 12:23 UTC