Donald Trump: Says "the New York Times can write a story that they know is false" yet "they can't basically be sued."

The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump wrong that New York Times can't be sued for a 'story that they know is false' Donald Trump has made little effort to hide his distaste for the media. In a typical comment, he said at one of his rallies in South Carolina that the media are "absolutely dishonest. Absolute scum. Remember that. Scum. Scum. Totally dishonest people." Now Trump is proposing changes to libel laws. On the Feb. 28, 2016, edition of Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked the Republican presidential candidate to expand upon comments he'd made a few days earlier in Fort Worth, Texas -- that "one of the things I'm going to do if I win ... I'm ... >> More

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