Days after a senior White House aide complained that the news media had failed to report a nonexistent “massacre” in Kentucky, President Trump suggested Monday that journalists deliberately ignored terrorist attacks. They have their reasons and you understand that.”It’s unclear which attacks he had in mind because the news media have devoted extensive resources to covering both terrorist plots and counter-terrorism operations since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. And Kellyanne Conway, a senior White House advisor, said Friday that she misspoke when she brought up a nonexistent attack in Bowling Green, Ky. The White House later painted the president's remarks at MacDill as a critique of the media, rather than a demonstrably false claim about whether attacks were covered. The White House also released a list of 78 attacks in recent years, saying most failed to garner enough attention from the press.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 07, 2017 02:40 UTC