Posted on 11/21/2016 11:03:08 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Donald Trump will meet Monday afternoon with executives and on-air anchors from the five largest television networks in the United States.
The get-together wasn't mentioned in a mid-morning conference call the presidential transition's media go-betweens held with reporters.
CNN reported that it was organized by Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to Trump who served as his campaign manager.
Representatives from CNN, Fox News, NBC, ABC and CBS will file in to Trump Tower for the sit-down with Trump and Conway.
The entire meeting will be conducted 'off the record,' meaning attendees must promise not to report on what is said or who is in the room.
Past presidents and presidents-elect have held similar meetings, but they were easier to keep secret since attendees didn't have to tromp through a landmark gold-encrusted marble office lobby in full view of TV cameras managed by the same media companies that took part.
ABC News was represented by president James Goldston and anchors George Stephanopoulos, David Muir, and Martha Raddatz.
Nightly News host Lester Holt and Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd were on hand for NBC News, along with president Deborah Turness.
And rounding out the broadcast network presence at the meeting was Face the Nation host John Dickerson and the entire CBS This Morning team of Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell.
CNN president Jeff Zucker attended with on-air talent Wolf Blitzer and Erin Burnett.
Fox News had a handful of executives present at the meeting, including co-presidents Bill Shine and Jack Abernathy, vice president of news and editorial Jay Wallace and Suzanne Scott, the vice president of programming and development at the network.
MSNBC president Phil Griffin was there for his network.
Tight-lipped transition officials wouldn't discuss the purpose for the meeting on Monday afternoon.
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To be a fly on the wall there.
Can’t wait for the leaks to start.
I bet they all squeal like pigs
Go Trump!
Oh yeah, there will be leaks. Blitzer is the bigger whiner there. I hope Trump kicks them all out the window.
Why would you call President Trump by that name here?
Crows must be getting pretty scarce in that region, given how many platters of such has been served since Trump’s win.
What a rogue’s list of fake newsers.
Politics aside....having the media this one-sided & basically working for one political party is dangerous to the republic. That said....doubt that the media will care; even if this is what Conway & Trump are going to bring up in the meeting.
There's an oxy-moron x2 for ya
They are the head honchos of the dishonest media. Starting with Rose.
They will care when the govt pork money is taken away from the media. I’d bet that a lack of fed money, many of these newsoutsluts would fold.
Those people are so biased, he shouldn’t bother with them. Norah O’Donnell called W a monkey for example.
I’m afraid it’s going to be an olive branch meeting. I’m all for Trump showing magnanimity; however, these media clowns will never ever be square with him. My favorite parts of Trump’s campaign rallies were when he called out the media for being a bunch of liars and inciting the crowd to boo lustily. I want more of that.
Repeat: the media will NEVER give President Trump a square deal no matter what he does.
He’ll have to fumigate the room afterwards.
“Your access to me and my administration will be directly proportional to the integrity with which you report on both.”
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