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Trump attacks media at 100-day rally

'Fake news' media should be given failing grade, US president says

30.04.2017 - Update : 01.05.2017
Trump attacks media at 100-day rally US President Donal Trump

By Canberk Yuksel and Safvan Allahverdi

NEW YORK

President Donald Trump late Saturday accused mainstream U.S. media of unfair criticism as he kept "one promise after another" during his first 100 days in office.

"I could not possibly be more thrilled than to be more than 100 miles away from Washington's swamp," Trump told his supporters in Pennsylvania.

Trump accused the media of being "fake news" and "out of touch", and said they should be given a "big, fat, failing grade".

The president described his first 100 days as "very exciting and very productive".

Meanwhile in Washington, D.C., famous investigative journalist Bob Woodward told participants of the White House Correspondents' Dinner: "The effort today to get this best obtainable version of the truth is largely made in good faith.

"Mr. President, the media is not fake news," Woodward said to a solemn applause from the gathering.

Headlining the event -- which Trump became the first president to miss in more than three decades -- comedian Hasan Minhaj said: "We gotta address the elephant that's not in the room. The leader of our country is not here. And that's because he lives in Moscow, it is a very long flight.

"As for the other guy, I think he's in Pennsylvania because he can't take a joke," Minhaj said.

Earlier in the day, tens of thousands of protesters marched in D.C. in protest of the administration's climate policies. They surrounded the White House with Trump inside, chanting: "Resistance is here to stay, welcome to your 100th day".

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