“That’s what ‘fake news’ is to a journalist.

And the president was not right here, and he was not been right in the past.”

Cuomo tweeted an apology on Thursday afternoon, writing, “I was wrong.

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Calling a journalist fake -nothing compared to the pain of a racial slur.

I should not have said it.

“FAKE NEWS!”

Trump has alsorepeatedly categorized CNNas “fake news.”

“Wasn’t my intention to diminish but just saying it was too much.”

Read more of Cuomo’s tweets below.