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Trump tweets that ‘a very big part’ of society’s anger is because of mainstream media - The Boston Globe

posted onOctober 26, 2018
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Article snippet: After several pipe bombs addressed to prominent Democrats and CNN were intercepted Wednesday, President Trump tweeted Thursday that he blames “a very big part” of society’s anger on the mainstream media. “A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News,” he wrote. “It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!” At approximately the same time Trump tweeted, a New York City police bomb squad removed a suspicious package from a Manhattan building associated with Robert De Niro. A law enforcement source told The Associated Press that the device found Thursday appeared to be linked to the others sent to Democratic figures and CNN’s New York City hub. The package looked similar to the others and had a similar device inside, the source said. A total of seven pipe bombs, packed with shards of glass, were intercepted Wednesday. The bombs targeted several prominent Democrats, including former President Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. None of the bombs detonated. Former CIA director John Brennan, who was among the Trump critics targeted in Wednesday’s attempted bombing wave, hit back at Trump’s tweet on Thursday. “Stop blaming others. Look in the mirror. Your inflammatory rhetoric, insults, lies, & encouragement of physical violence are disgraceful,” he wrote... Link to the full article to read more

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