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Nunes declares war on the media
Devin Nunes' campaign is airing an attack ad out against his local newspaper.
Devin Nunes' campaign is airing an attack ad out against his local newspaper.
Except for one splurge: an unusually aggressive — and sustained — offensive against his local newspaper, which he is tearing into as “fake news.”
In a campaign ad running more than two minutes — and appearing not only online, but also on radio and TV — Nunes casts the dominant newspaper in his California district as a “band of creeping correspondents,” criticizing The Fresno Bee for its routine reporting practices and for its coverage of a controversy surrounding a winery in which the Republican congressman invests.
“Sadly, since the last election, The Fresno Bee has worked closely with radical left-wing groups to promote numerous fake news stories about me,” Nunes says in the ad, though he offers no evidence of collusion between The Bee and any group.