David Cameron | Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images David Cameron to Trump: Your ‘fake news’ act is ‘dangerous’ “‘Fake news’ is not broadcasters criticizing you, it’s Russian bots and trolls targeting your democracy,” says former British leader.
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron called out Donald Trump’s attacks on the media, saying his use of term “fake news” was “dangerous.”.
Giving Transparency International UK’s annual lecture in London on Wednesday evening, Cameron said attacks on journalists were “bad news for the fight against corruption.”.
“Of course broadcasters make mistakes and it’s right they correct them,” Cameron said.
It’s an attempt to question the whole legitimacy of organizations that have an important role in our democracy.
President Trump: ‘Fake news’ is not broadcasters criticizing you, it’s Russian bots and trolls targeting your democracy … pumping out untrue stories day after day, night after night.”.
And my successor, Theresa May, has been quite right to put this on the EU Council agenda. »