Independent, UK - A British journalist has said he was stopped at a US airport by a border
agent who accused the writer of being part of the “fake news media”, a
term regularly used by Donald Trump to attack media coverage he
disapproves of. James Dyer, online editor-in-chief at Empire
Magazine, said he was questioned by the Customs and Border Protection
agent after he displayed his journalist visa at Los Angeles
International Airport border control. “He wanted to know if I’d
ever worked for CNN or MSNBC or other outlets that are ‘spreading lies
to the American people’,” Mr Dyer tweeted of the incident on Thursday.
“He aggressively told me that journalists are liars and are attacking
their democracy.”
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