Posted on 04/30/2017 7:04:09 PM PDT by blam
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet on Sunday called President Donald Trump's attacks on the New York Times and other media outlets "dangerous."
Baquet appeared on CNN's "Reliable Sources" with host Brian Stelter to respond to criticisms Trump made at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
At the rally, Trump said The New York Times was full of "incompetent, dishonest people, who after an election had to apologize because ... they covered it so badly that they felt they were forced to apologize because their predictions were so bad."
Baquet refuted the assertion on Sunday, calling Trump's claim the Times' apologized "made-up" and describing the paper's election coverage as "tough" and "aggressive."
Trump has said multiple times that the Times apologized for its election coverage, likely referring to a postelection letter to subscribers from Baquet and publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. In the letter, they wrote that the Times and other news organizations may have underestimated Trump's support with voters, but they said they believed the paper had reported on Clinton and Trump "fairly." Baquet and the Times' staff have said repeatedly that the letter was not an apology.
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Just what you’d expect the leading member-in-good-standing of The Fake News Media to say.
He means “dangerous to his paycheck.”
Sargon says Media’s Attacks On Trump 'Dangerous' And 'Bad For The Country'...
They really can’t stand it when someone fights back at them.
for DECADES, it seems, the media attacks anyone with even a bit of conservative policy in the political arena and we’ve been used to them being wishy washy.
Now, Trump comes along and smacks back at them hard.
They can’t handle it.
It is the way to attack all that fake news.
... well, if your idea of what is good for the country is Democrats getting elected then I guess you might agree with this pinhead.
So Dean, what do you think about the vile, acidic, vituperative, relentless attacks against our president by the press. Do you believe as I do that they are dangerous and bad For the country?
I think Trump is right on.
We have forever, for a real leader. the nyt needs to realize, they are a shrinking platform.
Strangely if the media stopped attacking Trump over idiotic things, Trump may stop attacking the media...
Weird how that might work...
The hypocrisy, the fake “concern,” the elitist condescension. I just had to laugh ruefully at that headline. They have no shame. NONE.
Sorry.
We have (waited) forever...
The Mediascum should be greatly concerned to remove any basis for such criticisms (their biases, incompetence, etc.). Instead, they just whine about being criticized.
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet -
#FAKEAMERICAN
creating and promoting
#FAKENEWS
Yup.
Means were getting to them. Trump needs to be ruthless. NYT is dangerous to America. We must have a continuous scorched earth attack on them. They are enemies of America.
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