Wall Street Journal Editor Defends Papers Trump Coverage At Staff Meeting

[Mr. Sparkle]

Source: huffingtonpost.com



NEW YORK ― Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker defended his papers coverage of President Donald Trump during a Monday staff town hall and said it would be fake news to claim the publication hasnt been tough enough, according to Journal sources. Dont let anybody get away with saying our reporting of Donald Trump has been soft, Baker told attendees.

Journal staffers have sought an audience with Baker amid internal concerns the paper hasnt been as aggressive in covering Trump as competitors or as direct in calling out falsehoods, such as the presidents bogus claim about widespread voter fraud. Baker recently came under scrutiny after urging editors to avoid using the term majority-Muslim to describe the countries affected by Trumps travel ban.

During the Monday meeting, Baker argued that the Journals role is not to be oppositional, as some news organizations appear to be, but to provide objective coverage. He suggested staffers unhappy with the Journals coverage should go elsewhere.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gerard-baker-donald-trump-wall-street-journal_us_58a1eabce4b094a129ed7f36?

[pkdu]

1. Reads like Spice-boys dad. nt

[pbmus]

2. When our interest rates sky rocket because of the orange buffoon...we'll see

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[BumRushDaShow]

5. OMG that graphic

[still_one]

3. This was the paper who said they wouldn't call trump's lies, lies

https://thinkprogress.org/editor-of-nations-second-biggest-newspaper-says-he-will-not-report-trump-lies-even-if-he-lies-b0e020f7fc34#.x0f1yqgv3

[progree]

4. I agree, it should be called the non-Muslim minority countries travel ban

I think. Or something like that

Baker recently came under scrutiny after urging editors to avoid using the term majority-Muslim to describe the countries affected by Trumps travel ban.

[More_Cowbell]

6. Editor claiming criticism is "fake news"....

Is not a real journalist.