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Kari Lake: “The media threw a fit in Trump's first administration when…”

Featuring: Kari Lake, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 00:43

But I thought what was interesting was something that I've been saying for a long time. It's not, it's not the stories they're telling, it's the stories they're leaving out. And The media threw a fit in Trump's first administration when he wanted to expand the number of reporters coming in. to make room for more of the independent minded reporters. And the fake news media went nuts because they know that if they can control the questions that are being asked, they control the narrative. (00:43–00:51)

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Asserts that the media opposed Trump's attempt to expand the number of reporters in his first administration.

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