President Donald Trump blasted CNN as FAKE NEWS Tuesday after three of the networks most seasoned journalists resigned over their involvement in a recently retracted story.

Trump attacked CNN and other media outlets in a torrent of tweets following the networks acceptance of the journalists resignations Monday over the Russia-related story.

The president also retweeted a doctored image of CNNs logo remade into FNN, or Fake News Network.

The veteran reporters and editors Thomas Frank, Lex Haris and Eric Lichtblau submitted their resignations Monday morning after CNN retracted and apologized for a story on Friday that linked a member of Trumps transition team to Russian-related federal investigations.

The article alleged Anthony Scaramucci, a financier and close ally of Trump, was tied to a Russian investment fund allegedly being investigated by the Senate Intelligence Committee. The article was removed from the site and replaced with an editors note stating that the storydid not meet CNNs editorial standards.

The retraction marked only the latest in a string of embarrassing incidents for the news network, including firing one of its TV hosts, Reza Aslan, for tweeting that Trump was a piece of shit.

CNNs blunder was red meat for conservatives hell bent on accusing the mainstream media of fabricating stories, especially articles focused on federal investigations into alleged ties between Trump associates and Russian government officials.

In another tweet, Trump accused CNN of publishing other phony stories, though its unclear to which pieces he was referring. He did go on to retweet Fox & Friends, a TV show that has been notably softon its coverage of the president, several times.

The president later lashed out several other media adversaries, tweeting that NBC, ABC and several other outlets were fake news.

He also tweeted that CNN was looking at big management changes in light of the retraction and claimed the networks ratings were way down. Trump didnt cite a source for his ratings claim, which differ from reports last monthsuggesting the networks ratings were surging.

CNN used facts to shut down Trumps ratings claims, tweeting in response Tuesday that the network just posted its most-watched second quarter in history.

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