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Daily Mail: 'My sources are unimpeachable': Fox News' Jennifer Griffin stands by bombshell story which she says confirms Trump disparaged wounded and killed soldiers - after president and his supporters demanded she be fired
* Trump called US soldiers killed or injured 'losers' and 'suckers', senior administration sources told The Atlantic
* The Atlantic says Trump cancelled a visit a US war grave because he was worried about his hair in the rain
* The president was expected to attend a ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Paris in 2018
* He reportedly asked: 'Why should I go to that cemetery? It's filled with losers'
* He also allegedly referred to 1,800 Marines who died in the WWI Battle of Belleau Wood in France as 'suckers'
* Trump is also alleged to have said he didn't understand why the US would intervene on the side of the Allies
* The president allegedly said those who served in the Vietnam were 'losers' as they failed to dodge the draft
* Fox News and the Washington Post have confirmed the reporting, while AP has confirmed part of it
* The White House mounted furious pushback, hammering the piece for using anonymous sources
* Trump also said Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin, who confirmed The Atlantic story, should be fired
Fox News’ chief national security correspondent whom President Trump wants fired after she confirmed a report that claimed he disparaged wounded veterans insisted on Saturday her sources were ‘unimpeachable.’
Jennifer Griffin phoned into Neil Cavuto’s show on Saturday afternoon and defended herself against criticism from the president and his supporters - including some on her own network.
‘Jennifer I’m not sure if you are aware, but the president has been tweeting about you saying that ‘Jennifer Griffin should be fired for this kind of reporting. Never even called us for a comment. FOX News is gone”,’ Cavuto told Griffin on the air on Saturday.
‘What do you think?’
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WNU Editor: People have gone on the record denying the Atlantic story that President Trump called US soldiers killed or injured 'losers' and 'suckers' and did not want to go to US cemeteries in France. On the other-side there are only anonymous sources. My money is on those who have gone public and have staked their reputations rather than those who are hiding (if they actually exist).
Update: Glenn Greenwald explains what Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin is doing, and why not to trust her reporting that the Atlantic story is true .... Journalism’s New Propaganda Tool: Using “Confirmed” to Mean its Opposite (Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept).
