Amanpour: Melania Trump's 'mainstream media' remark is 'dangerous'
CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour is chastising former first lady Melania Trump over comments she made attacking the mainstream media in a recent interview.
"Mrs Trump is mistaken, political violence is not the fault of the 'mainstream media' and I wish she would take back this false and dangerous accusation," Amanpour wrote in a social media post Friday morning.
The CNN anchor was referencing an interview Trump gave on Fox News a day earlier.
When asked about the recent assassination attempts against her husband, the former first lady called it "really shocking that all this egregious violence goes against my husband."
"Especially that we hear the leaders from the opposition party and mainstream media branding him as a threat to democracy, calling him vile names," she said. "They only fueling a toxic atmosphere and giving power all of these people that they want to do harm to him. This needs to stop. This needs to stop. The country needs to unite."
Amanpour's post was first highlighted by Mediaite.
Trump's sit-down was the first interview she had granted to a major media outlet in more than two years, and it came as she was promoting a new book.
Former President Trump and his allies regularly attack the mainstream media, singling out CNN in many cases as "fake news" and "the enemy of the people."
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