Add the BBC to the list of news media barred from Whine House press secretary Sean Spicer's briefing on Friday. Does this mean the president considers the BBC to be another "weak, dishonest, fake" news outlet along with others specifically named by the chief twit in one of his Twitter postings?
These included, according to his posting Feb. 17, "The FAKE NEWS media @NBC News, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN," all labeled "the enemy of the American People."
Later, he tried to walk back his comment, claiming that he did not condemn all news media, but only those that were "fake." And he accused larger, mainstream outlets of deliberately deleting the word "fake." In fact, none did so.
A larger question now becomes whether the British government, which organized, sponsored and supports the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), is to be included in the president's condemnation of "fake news media."
The BBC serves the world through its various divisions, and has an international reputation for neutral, objective reporting.
So does the U.S. president now believe the BBC, and by implication the British Government, is also out to get him?
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