Anderson Cooper laid into Donald Trump Jr. on Monday night for a tweet alleging Cooper's coverage of the news is not truthful. Cooper spent eight and a half minutes debunking Donald Jr's claims.
Said Cooper: “I debated whether I should even respond tonight to the president's son. I know he considers himself an outdoorsman and pays a lot of money to be led to wildlife in Africa that he then kills. But I'm not sure if he's actually been to a hurricane or a flood. I didn't see him down in North Carolina over the last few days helping out, lending a hand, but I'm sure he was doing something important besides just tweeting lies.”
Tweeted Donald Jr over the weekend: “It's a shame that CNN's ratings are down 41%. What's worse is there's a simple solution that they refuse to accept. Stop Lying to try to make @realDonaldTrump look bad.”
It's a shame that CNN's ratings are down 41%. What's worse is there's a simple solution that they refuse to accept. Stop Lying to try to make @realDonaldTrump look bad. https://t.co/O3XyWchsJh pic.twitter.com/BCUCxKnOvO
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 16, 2018
Mediaite reports: “Cooper clarified that the photo was 10 years old. It depicted his coverage of Hurricane Ike, not this past weekend's Hurricane Florence. He also played the clip of the coverage, which showed him walking in the water. The president's son blasted Cooper — claiming the anchor lied by saying Trump Jr. billed the photo as a Hurricane Florence shot. Trump Jr. is correct that Cooper did wrongly state that the president's son explicitly sold the picture as a Hurricane Florence shot. He did not. Still, the timing of Trump Jr. posting that particular photo on the very same weekend of a major hurricane is highly curious, to say the least.”
Cooper's segment obviously struck a nerve. Donald Jr. spat back on Tuesday morning:
If you're going to spend 10 minutes crying about a meme you may want to make sure you're actually right. Good article as it shows exactly what CNN does daily to sell false truth. https://t.co/dp9W5SNxUG
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 18, 2018
CNN doing what they do best.
Crying & Lying.@AC360 says I said it was a pic from Florence
Isaid no such thing.“evidence" CNN provided doesn't even reference Florence. You guys can't even fact check a meme.
The illusion created by the pic is illustrative of the bs you sell! https://t.co/wnRSns1Thf
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 18, 2018
Not surprised @AC360 lied about me on @CNN last night. Par for the course. I never said the pic of him was from Florence.
When I tweeted out the picture of @AC360 it was with a link to an article about CNN's dwindling ratings. Nothing to do with Florence. https://t.co/fflwOa10GK
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 18, 2018
