Trump says he uses Twitter to bypass corrupt media

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Press Trust of India Washington
Last Updated : Mar 21 2019 | 3:35 AM IST

US President Donald Trump has defended the frequent use of micro-blogging site Twitter to reach out to the public, asserting that it lets him bypass the "corrupt" and "fake" media.

"I think that Twitter is a way that I get out the word when we have a corrupt media. And it is corrupt and it's fake. So Twitter is a way that I can get out the word," Trump told reporters at the South Lawn of the White House Wednesday.

"On five sites, I have over 100 million people, and that includes Facebook and Instagram and Twitter and everything. And it's a way that I can get honesty out, because there's tremendous dishonesty with respect to the fake-news media," the US president added.

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First Published: Mar 21 2019 | 3:35 AM IST

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