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Whiner-in-Chief
On Tuesday morning President-elect Donald Trump backed out of a meeting he had called with The New York Times. Hours later, he was in the Times building, complaining about the paper's coverage of him.
The visit included an on-the-record meeting at which Times staff was able to ask questions of Trump, as several Times reporters live-tweeted the proceedings. What resulted was a wide-ranging discussion -- but one that began with Trump criticizing the Times' reporting, as he had similarly criticized coverage in a meeting with network executives and anchors on Monday.
"I have great respect for the New York Times. I have tremendous respect," Trump said, according to the Times' Mike Grynbaum. But, he added, "I think I've been treated very rough... I will say the Times is about the roughest of all." According to Grynbaum, Trump also said, "You could make the case the Washington Post was bad, but every once in while I actually got a good article."
The Times' Maggie Haberman tweeted that Trump said he felt he'd been treated unfairly during the campaign, but wanted to improve his relationship with the paper.
The visit included an on-the-record meeting at which Times staff was able to ask questions of Trump, as several Times reporters live-tweeted the proceedings. What resulted was a wide-ranging discussion -- but one that began with Trump criticizing the Times' reporting, as he had similarly criticized coverage in a meeting with network executives and anchors on Monday.
"I have great respect for the New York Times. I have tremendous respect," Trump said, according to the Times' Mike Grynbaum. But, he added, "I think I've been treated very rough... I will say the Times is about the roughest of all." According to Grynbaum, Trump also said, "You could make the case the Washington Post was bad, but every once in while I actually got a good article."
The Times' Maggie Haberman tweeted that Trump said he felt he'd been treated unfairly during the campaign, but wanted to improve his relationship with the paper.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/22/media/trump-new-york-times-meeting/index.html
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