Fact check: Trump invented imaginary CNN studio, made 58 other false claims last week

[tulc]

Trump invented imaginary CNN studio, made 58 other false claims last week - CNNPolitics

President Donald Trump told a detailed story about CNN in a private meeting with US diplomats at the United Nations last week.

According to leaked audio, Trump said that CNN had built a special studio for a September special congressional election in North Carolina's 9th District, a "beautiful" studio that cost maybe "$2 million," and planned to keep it up for "weeks." But when the Republican candidate won, Trump said, CNN dismantled the studio on election night, not wanting to report on the outcome.
Except...CNN did not build so much as a little set in North Carolina, let alone a seven-figure studio. It simply sent reporters to cover the two candidates. The President made this whole thing up.
The tale of the imaginary studio was one of 59 false claims Trump made last week, down from 79 the week prior and right at his average of 59 per week for the 12 weeks we have checked at CNN.

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[Tom 1]

Trump invented imaginary CNN studio, made 58 other false claims last week - CNNPolitics

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For a large chunk of the US population, if Trump said it, then it's true.

 

[Hank77]

Maybe he dreamed about that CNN studio and woke up thinking it was real.