BERNIE SANDERS/FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/RUSSIA: “In the interview [on CNN], Sanders had been responding to a video clip of Trump saying that he had not heard reports that national security adviser Michael Flynn had spoken with Russia about sanctions before the inauguration.
Anchor Erin Burnett asked Sanders if he thought it was a ‘problem’ that Trump was not familiar with the reports.
Sanders responded: ‘Well, I don’t know. Maybe he was watching CNN fake news. What do you think?”
Before the feed cut out and the network broke for commercials, Sanders said, ‘That was a joke.’ In response, Burnett said, ‘I know it was a joke.’ “
– Madeline Stone, “Trump spreads debunked story about CNN cutting off Sanders for calling the network ‘fake news’,” Business Insider online, Feb. 12, 2017