Trump supports free press but will call
out false reports: Pence
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[February 21, 2017]
BRUSSELS
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump believes in a free and
independent press but he will not hesitate to point out flawed
reporting, the U.S Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday. |
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President Donald Trump takes questions during a news conference at the
White House in Washington, U.S., February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin
Lamarque |
"Rest assured the
president and I both strongly support a free and independent
press but you can anticipate that the president and all of us
will continue to call out the media when they play fast and
loose with the facts," Pence told a news conference at the NATO
headquarters in Brussels.
"When the media gets it wrong, President Trump will take his
case straight to the American people to set the record
straight," he added.
(Reporting by Robert-Jan Bartunek; editing by Philip Blenkinsop)
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