{"id":64656,"date":"2017-01-28T11:17:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T15:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=64656"},"modified":"2017-01-28T11:17:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T15:17:47","slug":"bannon-lets-loose-his-cannon-on-the-mainstream-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=64656","title":{"rendered":"Bannon Lets Loose His Cannon On The Mainstream Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump aide Bannon lambasts US media as ‘opposition party’<\/h1>\n

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BBC<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump’s chief strategist has described US mainstream media as “the opposition party”, saying it should “keep its mouth shut”.<\/p>\n

Stephen Bannon also told the New York Times<\/a> that news organisations had been “humiliated” by their failure to anticipate Mr Trump’s election victory.<\/p>\n

Media outlets have clashed with the White House over the number of people attending Mr Trump’s inauguration.<\/a><\/p>\n

They have also questioned his claim about millions of illegal ballots<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a telephone interview with the newspaper, Mr Bannon said that “the media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while”.<\/p>\n

“The media here is the opposition party,” he said and later added “not the Democratic party”.<\/p>\n

Mr Bannon also argued that news outlets “don’t understand this country”.<\/p>\n

“They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”<\/p>\n

During the interview he was mostly referring to the “mainstream” or “elite” media, however he specifically mentioned the The New York Times and The Washington Post.<\/p>\n

He spoke in blunt but calm tones, peppered with a dose of profanities, The New York Times said.<\/p>\n

Mr Bannon had been in charge of right-wing Breitbart News website until August, later becoming the campaign CEO for Donald Trump in the final campaign months before the November election.<\/p>\n

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