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<\/a><\/p>\nWhite House aide\u00a0Sebastian Gorka<\/a>\u00a0claimed\u00a0in an interview aired Sunday that\u00a0mainstream news media are losing influence, citing recent resignations at CNN and cuts at The New York Times.<\/p>\n \u201cTo those supporters of the Trump administration who are worried by all the fake news reporting of the last 23 weeks, I can assure you, just ignore it,\u201d Gorka, who serves as deputy assistant to President Trump, told radio host John Catsimatidis on\u00a0AM 970 in New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fake news complex is collapsing in on itself. We see that with the massive scandal at CNN, having to fire people who were generating totally false stories about the administration. We see that with the severe personnel cuts at The New York Times,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n Gorka was referring to three CNN staffers\u00a0who resigned<\/a>\u00a0after the network retracted a story linking a Trump ally to a Russian investment bank, as well as\u00a0potential layoffs at The New York Times.<\/a><\/p>\n The president frequently takes aim at CNN and the\u00a0Times, often referring to the newspaper\u00a0as \u201cfailing\u201d and the TV network as \u201cfake news,\u201d most recently in a tweet on Saturday.<\/p>\n Despite Trump\u2019s continued attention to media outlets that\u00a0he believes cover him unfairly, Gorka said the administration is not phased by the coverage.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are not affected by the fake news here inside of the West Wing. We are pushing forward the steam locomotive that is the Trump express,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will with our supporters make America great again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n