A local government in Florida has blocked its library system from getting a digital subscription to the New York Times, dismissing the newspaper as "fake news" and as a challenge to US president Donald Trump.
At a meeting in Citrus county, a coastal area west of Orlando, several of the city's five commissioners laughed as they explained why they did not want to approve the library's request.
"Fake news, I agree with President Trump," commissioner Scott Carnahan said. "I don't want the New York Times in this county. I don't agree with it, I don't like 'em, it's fake news and I'm voting no. They can take that money and do something else with it ... I support Donald Trump."
At a meeting in Citrus county, a coastal area west of Orlando, several of the city's five commissioners laughed as they explained why they did not want to approve the library's request.
"Fake news, I agree with President Trump," commissioner Scott Carnahan said. "I don't want the New York Times in this county. I don't agree with it, I don't like 'em, it's fake news and I'm voting no. They can take that money and do something else with it ... I support Donald Trump."
