President Trump on Thursday suggested the federal government was "paying off" media outlets to write positively about Democrats, echoing a claim promoted by tech billionaire Elon Musk and others on social media this week.

The president was referencing reports circulating on social media that showed how much certain government agencies had paid for subscriptions to various news outlets.

A number of federal agencies allow some employees to expense subscriptions to newspapers, wire services and other media outlets so that they have information they need in many cases to do their jobs.

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