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Article snippet: President Trump on Saturday called for a Washington Post reporter to be fired over a misleading tweet about the size of the crowd at a rally for the president on Friday in Pensacola, Fla. The reporter, Dave Weigel, posted a picture of an arena with many empty seats. He deleted the tweet after learning that the venue had not yet filled up. On Saturday night, the president posted a screenshot of Mr. Weigel’s tweet and other photos that showed a crowded arena. “Demand apology & retraction from FAKE NEWS WaPo!” he wrote. In response, Mr. Weigel apologized on Twitter, noting that the tweet was not for a Post article. “Very fair to call me out,” he wrote. About an hour later, the president wrote that Mr. Weigel “just admitted that his picture was a FAKE (fraud?),” adding, “He should be fired.” Contacted on Sunday, Mr. Weigel referred questions to a Washington Post spokeswoman, Kristine Coratti Kelly. She said in a statement: “Dave Weigel relied on an inaccurate image in tweeting about President Trump’s rally in Pensacola. When others pointed out the mistake to Weigel, he quickly deleted the tweet. And when he was later addressed by the president on Twitter, he promptly apologized for it.” Mr. Trump’s broadside was his latest attempt to discredit the news media as biased against him, an effort that has accelerated after several recent mistakes by news organizations and individual journalists. Brian Ross, the chief investigative correspondent for ABC News, was suspen... Link to the full article to read more