CNN fired back at the Trump administration Saturday after the Department of Homeland Security publicly slammed a recent report that revealed TSA screeners are calling out sick at increased rates amid the government shutdown, which may ultimately lead to less secure airports. “Security operations at airports have not been impacted by a non-existent sick out,” department spokesperson Tyler Houlton tweeted regarding the story. “CNN has the cell numbers of multiple @ TSA public affairs professionals, but rather than validate statistics, they grossly misrepresented them.”President Donald Trump amplified Houlton’s tweet, doubling down on the administration’s go-to “fake news” retort. That was enough for the network to respond via its PR twitter account.

Source: Huffington Post January 05, 2019 22:07 UTC