Twitter president
President Donald Trump is defending his frequent -- and often incendiary -- use of Twitter by saying that the social media platform lets him bypass the "dishonest" press.
"Maybe I would not be here if it wasn't for Twitter," Trump said in an interview with Fox News late Wednesday.
"I get such a fake and dishonest press," he said, singling out the CNN news channel and the three main US networks -- ABC, CBS and NBC.
But Trump said he was "not including Fox because I think Fox has been fair to me."
Much of the press "is not honest... I have close to 100 million people watching me on Twitter, including Facebook and Instagram," he said.
"I have my own form of media."
The @realDonaldTrump account on Twitter has just over 26 million followers.
Trump said: "Twitter is a wonderful thing for me."
Trump also directed ire at the NBC.
"I made a fortune for NBC with 'The Apprentice'," he said, referring to the TV show he once hosted. "I was on for 14 seasons."
And now, "You see what happens when I am not on? It was a disaster."
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