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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYT publisher: I told Trump his anti-press rhetoric 'will lead to violence'
The publisher of The New York Times sat down with President Donald Trump at the White House earlier this month for an off-the-record meeting in which he urged the president to tone down his attacks on the press.
But the meeting didnt stay off the record for long and the pleas of the Times publisher, A.G. Sulzberger, appeared to have had little effect on Trump, who last week bashed the press during a speech in Missouri and whose White House even barred a CNN reporter from covering an event there.
On Sunday morning, Trump bragged about his meeting with Sulzberger on Twitter, a move that the Times said nullified their off-the-record agreement, freeing him to speak publicly about what he discussed with the president.
"I told the president directly that I thought that his language was not just divisive but increasingly dangerous," Sulzberger said in a statement released by the Times about the July 20 meeting at the White House. "I warned that this inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence."
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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/29/trump-new-york-times-sulzberger-747495
But the meeting didnt stay off the record for long and the pleas of the Times publisher, A.G. Sulzberger, appeared to have had little effect on Trump, who last week bashed the press during a speech in Missouri and whose White House even barred a CNN reporter from covering an event there.
On Sunday morning, Trump bragged about his meeting with Sulzberger on Twitter, a move that the Times said nullified their off-the-record agreement, freeing him to speak publicly about what he discussed with the president.
"I told the president directly that I thought that his language was not just divisive but increasingly dangerous," Sulzberger said in a statement released by the Times about the July 20 meeting at the White House. "I warned that this inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence."
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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/29/trump-new-york-times-sulzberger-747495
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NYT publisher: I told Trump his anti-press rhetoric 'will lead to violence' (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2018
OP
The president of the United States is inciting violence against Americans on a daily basis
dalton99a
Jul 2018
#2
Since when did a gangster ever fear violence? He's got the biggest military in the world to protect
lindysalsagal
Jul 2018
#3
msongs
(67,405 posts)1. so why does your newspaper suck up to trump and fascists so much? nt
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)4. Why should we trust a paper
who does secret deals with the enemy?
dalton99a
(81,485 posts)2. The president of the United States is inciting violence against Americans on a daily basis
and Republicans think it's normal
lindysalsagal
(20,683 posts)3. Since when did a gangster ever fear violence? He's got the biggest military in the world to protect
him and his "family."