Donald Trump’s fake news is 'dangerous attack on democracy' fumes Cameron.
The former British Prime Minister accused the US President of undermining democracy with his repeated rants about news outlets such as CNN.
And he claimed Mr Trump’s words are drowning out genuine reporting and covering up the problem of Russia bots and tolls “targeting your democracy”.
Speaking at Transparency International UK’s annual lecture in London on Wednesday evening, Mr Cameron said such attacks on journalists were “bad news for the fight against corruption.”
In his first public speech since leaving Number 10 and British politics last year, he said: “When Donald Trump uses the term ‘fake news’ to describe CNN and the BBC, that is not just a questionable political tactic.
“It’s actually dangerous. Of course broadcasters make mistakes and it’s right they correct them.
“But what is being attempted here goes far beyond that. It’s an attempt to question the whole legitimacy of organisations that have an important role in our democracy.
“Let me put it like this, President Trump: Fake news is not broadcasters criticising you, it’s Russian bots and trolls targeting your democracy … pumping out untrue stories day after day, night after night.
"When you misappropriate the term fake news, you are deflecting attention from real abuses.
Ignoring what's happening on social media is facilitating a form of corruption that is undermining democracy.”
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