CNN and some of its staff are hitting back at President Trump after he suggested that the network and its international arm were spreading so-called "fake news" around the world. The tweet drew quick responses from CNN anchor Jake Tapper and national security correspondent Jim Sciutto, who rushed to the defense of CNN International, the news networks' world news arm. "realDonaldTrump My CNNi & CNN colleagues regularly risk their lives in # Syria # Iraq # Afghanistan # Niger and beyond, following US Troops into war-zones, chronicling natural disasters, holding dictators to account & profiling everyday heroes," Sciutto wrote on Twitter. https://t.co/9sVaB0z4Li — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 25, 2017But Trump's tweet also drew a direct response from CNN itself. The network responded to the president in a tweet pointing out that it is, in fact, Trump's job to represent the U.S. abroad – not CNN's.

Source: CNN November 26, 2017 00:33 UTC