Donald Trump stated that the New York Times and the Washington Post are fake news.
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All In with Chris HayesSep 19, 2026
On 2026-09-19 (the claim date, 2026-09-18 in the original remarks), Trump said in an Oval Office exchange that 'The New York Times is fake news. Washington Post is fake news,' as confirmed by Reuters-linked BBC, Politico-tier and CNN transcript sources, and multiple outlets quoting the same remarks. The claim's wording ('stated that...
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… He mentioned your outlet, um, when he was asked. Here's, what he said. What do you mean by others to come? And how is this fangled? Others to come in terms of fake news? Well, you know, the New York Times is fake news. Washington Post is fake news. They're crummy papers, both doing very poorly, by the way. But we'll. See, we're probably not going to display the paper anymore in the White House, those papers, but, uh, we haven't taken the step of throwing them out, but they're fake news. …
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Supports. BBC reports that when asked what he meant by 'others to come,' Trump responded: 'Others to come in terms of fake news? Well, you know, the New York Times is fake news, the Washington Post is fake news.'[2]
Supports. A CNN transcript records Trump saying 'Well, look, The New York Times is fake news. Washington Post is fake news,' in response to a reporter's question about others to come.[5]
Supports. Multiple outlets (HuffPost, Mediaite, Cleveland.com, Raw Story) independently quote the same statement, including 'New York Times is so fake' and 'Washington Post is disgusting.'[3][4][6][7]
Context. Trump clarified that the papers were not being banned outright, saying they would probably no longer be displayed in the White House but had not been thrown out.[3][6]
Context. Earlier usage of the same 'fake news' label for these papers (e.g., 2017 Politico coverage) shows a longstanding pattern, though it is not the claim's date.[1][8]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 2 tier 2, 1 tier 3, 3 not rated
- 1Fake news? Mueller isn't buying itapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Journalists denied White House access after Trump ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 3Trump Asked What News Outlets He Might Ban Next, Drops 2 ... -...huffpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4'Disgusted' Trump names 'crummy' newspaper stalwarts next on White House chopping blockrawstory.com · tier 3 · cited for: supports
- 5Trump Says He's Banning CNN, MS NOW & Politico ...transcripts.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Trump says these 2 ‘crummy papers' may be next targets of White House bancleveland.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 7Trump Names and Insults Outlets, Papers He Might Ban Nextmediaite.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8Trump: New York Times is 'fake news'politico.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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