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The Herald Scotland
an hour ago
- Politics
- The Herald Scotland
CNN slams Trump for criticizing reporter as tensions escalate
"She lied on the Laptop from Hell Story, and now she lied on the Nuclear Sites Story, attempting to destroy our Patriot Pilots by making them look bad when, in fact, they did a GREAT job and hit 'pay dirt' -- TOTAL OBLITERATION!" Trump said in the post. The president's comments come as Bertrand and CNN reported June 25 that the U.S. strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the country's nuclear program. Instead, they reported that it simply set the country's capabilities back by months. It appears that Trump's "laptop from hell" comments were referring to Bertrand's 2020 story for Politico that suggested that the laptop controversy surrounding former President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, was a case of Russian disinformation. While unleashing against the network in his comments, Trump said Bertrand "should not be allowed to work at Fake News CNN." "It's people like her who destroyed the reputation of a once great Network. Her slant was so obviously negative, besides, she doesn't have what it takes to be an on camera correspondent, not even close. FIRE NATASHA!" Trump continued. But CNN pushed back on Trump's claims, defending Bertrand, her reporting and the network's talent roster. "We stand 100% behind Natasha Bertand's journalism and specifically her and her colleagues' reporting of the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities," the company's PR team wrote in a statement posted to X on June 25. "CNN's reporting made clear that this was an initial finding that could change with additional intelligence." 'Allison Cooper': Trump calls CNN anchor Anderson Cooper 'Allison' in rant "We have extensively covered President Trump's own deep skepticism about it," the network said. "However, we do not believe it is reasonable to criticize CNN reporters for accurately reporting the existence of the assessment and accurately characterizing its findings, which are in the public interest." Before she joined CNN in April 2021, Bertrand covered national security and politics for two years at Politico. Previously, she covered the same beat at The Atlantic and Business Insider. Kaitlan Collins, CNN star and frequent Trump adversary, will cover White House for network Donald Trump called CNN's Anderson Cooper 'Allison' As CNN has attempted to neutralize its coverage of Trump during his second term, the president himself has ramped up his attacks on the network's reporting staff in recent weeks. On June 23, Trump unleashed on CNN's star anchor Anderson Cooper. Trump lashed out on Truth Social, calling the "AC360" host "Allison Cooper" and slamming what he referred to as "fake news" organizations that "would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible" in their stories about U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. In his post, Trump also slammed "Dumb Brian L. Roberts, Chairman of 'Con'cast, Jonny Karl of ABC Fake News, and always, the Losers of, again, Concast's NBC Fake News," referring to Comcast chairman Roberts and ABC News' chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl.
Sky News AU
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Should be fired': Trump and his admin demolish ‘fake news' CNN Iran story
US President Donald Trump and his administration have unleashed on CNN following a story about Iran. The anger from Trump's administration follows a story from CNN which reported the US strikes on Iran's nuclear program did not destroy it. CNN National Security correspondent Natasha Bertrand has been caught in the crosshairs of Trump's administration for her story. Taking to Truth Social, the US president slammed CNN and called for Betrand to be 'fired' from the network. 'I watched her for three days doing Fake News. She should be immediately reprimanded, and then thrown out 'like a dog',' The President said. 'She lied on the laptop from hell story, and now she lied on the Nuclear Sites Story, attempting to destroy our Patriot Pilots by making them look back when, in fact, they did a great job and hit 'pay dirt' – total obliteration!' 'She should not be allowed to work at Fake News CNN. It's people like her who destroyed the reputation of a once great Network." 'Her slant was so obviously negative; besides, she doesn't have what it takes to be an on-camera correspondent, not even close. FIRE NATASHA!'
USA Today
9 hours ago
- Politics
- USA Today
CNN slams Trump for saying reporter Natasha Bertrand should be 'thrown out like a dog'
CNN is slamming President Donald Trump for calling out its national security correspondent, Natasha Bertrand, over her coverage of U.S. involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran. Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday, June 25, to write that "Natasha Bertrand should be FIRED from CNN! I watched her for three days doing Fake News. She should be IMMEDIATELY reprimanded, and then thrown out 'like a dog.'" "She lied on the Laptop from Hell Story, and now she lied on the Nuclear Sites Story, attempting to destroy our Patriot Pilots by making them look bad when, in fact, they did a GREAT job and hit 'pay dirt' — TOTAL OBLITERATION!" Trump said in the post. The president's comments come as Bertrand and CNN reported June 25 that the U.S. strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the country's nuclear program. Instead, they reported that it simply set the country's capabilities back by months. It appears that Trump's "laptop from hell" comments were referring to Bertrand's 2020 story for Politico that suggested that the laptop controversy surrounding former President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, was a case of Russian disinformation. While unleashing against the network in his comments, Trump said Bertrand "should not be allowed to work at Fake News CNN." "It's people like her who destroyed the reputation of a once great Network. Her slant was so obviously negative, besides, she doesn't have what it takes to be an on camera correspondent, not even close. FIRE NATASHA!" Trump continued. But CNN pushed back on Trump's claims, defending Bertrand, her reporting and the network's talent roster. "We stand 100% behind Natasha Bertand's journalism and specifically her and her colleagues' reporting of the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities," the company's PR team wrote in a statement posted to X on June 25. "CNN's reporting made clear that this was an initial finding that could change with additional intelligence." 'Allison Cooper': Trump calls CNN anchor Anderson Cooper 'Allison' in rant "We have extensively covered President Trump's own deep skepticism about it," the network said. "However, we do not believe it is reasonable to criticize CNN reporters for accurately reporting the existence of the assessment and accurately characterizing its findings, which are in the public interest." Before she joined CNN in April 2021, Bertrand covered national security and politics for two years at Politico. Previously, she covered the same beat at The Atlantic and Business Insider. Kaitlan Collins, CNN star and frequent Trump adversary, will cover White House for network Donald Trump called CNN's Anderson Cooper 'Allison' As CNN has attempted to neutralize its coverage of Trump during his second term, the president himself has ramped up his attacks on the network's reporting staff in recent weeks. On June 23, Trump unleashed on CNN's star anchor Anderson Cooper. Trump lashed out on Truth Social, calling the "AC360" host "Allison Cooper" and slamming what he referred to as "fake news" organizations that "would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible" in their stories about U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. In his post, Trump also slammed "Dumb Brian L. Roberts, Chairman of 'Con'cast, Jonny Karl of ABC Fake News, and always, the Losers of, again, Concast's NBC Fake News," referring to Comcast chairman Roberts and ABC News' chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl.
The Independent
11 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Trump demands CNN fire reporter for Iran intel assessment that White House confirmed is real
Donald Trump is just not going to let this go anytime soon. Despite his administration confirming that an American intelligence assessment on the effectiveness of last weekend's airstrikes on three key Iranian nuclear facilities is indeed real, the president took to his social media platform on Wednesday afternoon and demanded CNN terminate the reporter who broke the story. 'Natasha Bertrand should be FIRED from CNN!' Trump exclaimed on Truth Social. 'I watched her for three days doing Fake News. She should be IMMEDIATELY reprimanded, and then thrown out 'like a dog'.' After claiming that Bertrand falsely reported other stories, the media-bashing president went on to claim that the CNN correspondent 'lied about the Nuclear Sites Story' before accusing her of demeaning American troops with her reporting – an allegation he made earlier in the day about CNN as a whole. 'She lied on the Laptop from Hell Story, and now she lied on the Nuclear Sites Story, attempting to destroy our Patriot Pilots by making them look bad when, in fact, they did a GREAT job and hit 'pay dirt' — TOTAL OBLITERATION!' Trump added. 'She should not be allowed to work at Fake News CNN,' he concluded. 'It's people like her who destroyed the reputation of a once great Network. Her slant was so obviously negative, besides, she doesn't have what it takes to be an on camera correspondent, not even close. FIRE NATASHA!' While the president and other senior members of his administration have railed against CNN's story, which was quickly matched by several other reputable news outlets, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth revealed on Wednesday that the intelligence assessment did exist. And that he was currently trying to find those who had leaked it to the media. 'We are doing a leak investigation with the FBI now, because this information is for internal purposes — battle damage investigation — and CNN and others are trying to spin it to try and make the president look bad when this was an overwhelming success,' Hegseth told reporters at the NATO summit in The Hague, standing beside Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Hegseth went on to insist that the assessment, which suggests that the bombing raid may have only set Iran's nuclear program back a few months, was just a 'preliminary' and 'low-confidence' report about the damage caused and should not be seen as conclusive. Since launching 'Operation Midnight Hammer' on Saturday evening, which led to an on-again/off-again ceasefire between Iran and Israel, the president has crowed that the airstrikes were an 'overwhelming success' that resulted in Tehran's uranium enrichment capabilities being 'completely and totally obliterated.' However, almost immediately, national security and energy experts raised doubts that the bunker-busting bombs and Tomahawk missiles had fully decimated the deep underground facilities, adding that the Iranian government likely moved much of its enriched uranium before the bombings. With the president already irate over cable news and broadcast networks airing skepticism over his claims that he had fully wiped out Iran's nuclear program, he grew even angrier on Tuesday after CNN reported on the battle damage assessment by the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon's intelligence arm. 'FAKE NEWS CNN, TOGETHER WITH THE FAILING NEW YORK TIMES, HAVE TEAMED UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEMEAN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MILITARY STRIKES IN HISTORY,' the president blared in an all-caps post. 'THE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED! BOTH THE TIMES AND CNN ARE GETTING SLAMMED BY THE PUBLIC!' Still, even as the president and his top aides were slamming the media over its reports on the assessment, which noted that Trump's claims of a complete obliteration of Iran's nuclear facilities were overstated, the White House acknowledged that the report existed while adding that they disagreed with it. 'This alleged assessment is flat-out wrong and was classified as 'top secret' but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community,' White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN. 'The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump, and discredit the brave fighter pilots who conducted a perfectly executed mission to obliterate Iran's nuclear program. Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000 pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration.' Besides trying to refute an assessment that they admit is real as 'fake news' while they simultaneously look to prosecute those who leaked it, the administration has also taken to accusing CNN of hating the troops for even reporting on it. A day after calling the network 'scum' for its coverage of the airstrikes on Iran, he continued to seethe at CNN – which he has relentlessly attacked for years – while claiming they had 'demeaned' the United States military. 'I just want to thank our pilots. You know, they were maligned and treated very bad, demeaned by fake news CNN,' he fumed on Wednesday. 'I first want to just address what was very blatantly manipulative from President Trump and Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, saying that because of our reporting and other reporting about the preliminary US intel assessment, that is in some way disparaging members of the military involved in this mission,' CNN anchor Pamela Brown responded after Trump wrapped up his NATO press conference. 'That is false,' she added. 'That is absolutely false, and that is a straw man argument.'
Yahoo
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
CNN Stands by Natasha Bertrand ‘100%' After Trump Calls on Network to Fire Her Over Iran Coverage
CNN released a statement defending journalist Natasha Betrand's report that the U.S.'s attack on Iran's nuclear facilities last week cause minimal damage to the country's nuclear program after President Trump called on the network to fire her. The report, according to CNN, came from Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon's intelligence arm. The Trump administration, on the other hand, said the attack was successful and caused a 'total obliteration' of the facilities. Trump doubled down on his stance by referring to CNN's report as 'fake news' and calling on the network to fire her. — CNN Communications (@CNNPR) June 25, 2025 'Natasha Bertrand should be FIRED from CNN! I watched her for three days doing Fake News. She should be IMMEDIATELY reprimanded, and then thrown out 'like a dog,'' Trump posted to Truth Social on Wednesday. 'She lied on the Laptop from Hell Story, and now she lied on the Nuclear Sites Story, attempting to destroy our Patriot Pilots by making them look bad when, in fact, they did a GREAT job and hit 'pay dirt' — TOTAL OBLITERATION!' The president continued: 'She should not be allowed to work at Fake News CNN. It's people like her who destroyed the reputation of a once great Network. Her slant was so obviously negative, besides, she doesn't have what it takes to be an on camera correspondent, not even close. FIRE NATASHA!' More to come… The post CNN Stands by Natasha Bertrand '100%' After Trump Calls on Network to Fire Her Over Iran Coverage appeared first on TheWrap.
