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NYT publisher: Trump crossed 'dangerous line' in accusing outlet of 'treason'
The Hill ^ | 06/19/19 | Marina Pitofsky

Posted on 06/19/2019 8:12:18 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger slammed President Trump for accusing his paper of committing "treason" in an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal late Wednesday.

Sulzberger wrote that Trump's attack crossed "a dangerous line" in his "campaign against a free and independent press."

"He’s gone from misrepresenting our business, to assaulting our integrity, to demonizing our journalists with a phrase that’s been used by generations of demagogues," Sulzberger wrote of Trump.

"Now the president has escalated his attacks even further, accusing the Times of a crime so grave it is punishable by death."

Sulzberger's remarks came after Trump accused the Times of committing a "virtual act of treason" last week after the newspaper reported about the U.S. increasing its cyberattacks on Russia's electric power grid. The Times, citing current and former government officials in its report, noted that the actions are a warning to Moscow on how the Trump administration is using new authorities to unleash cyber tools in an aggressive manner.

“Do you believe that the Failing New York Times just did a story stating that the United States is substantially increasing Cyber Attacks on Russia. This is a virtual act of Treason by a once great paper so desperate for a story, any story, even if bad for our Country,” Trump tweeted.

On Monday, he called for the newspaper to release its sources for the report, tweeting that it "must be held fully accountable."

The Times stood by its story following Trump's remarks, stating that "accusing the press of treason is dangerous."

And earlier on Wednesday, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson condemned Trump for his frequent attacks on the news media, calling them "hostile, stupid but also dangerous."

Sulzberger hit back against Trump's remarks in his op-ed, accusing the president of "rhetorical recklessness."

“There is no more serious charge a commander in chief can make against an independent news organization,” Sulzberger wrote. Which presents a troubling question: What would it look like for Mr. Trump to escalate his attacks on the press further? Having already reached for the most incendiary language available, what is left but putting his threats into action?”

Sulzberger said The New York Times contacted several Trump officials to confirm the administration had no national security concerns about the story.

Sulzberger also held Trump responsible for encouraging anti-press sentiment at home and abroad.

“I met with the president in the Oval Office earlier this year and told him directly that authoritarian leaders around the world, with growing impunity, are employing his words to undermine free expression. The president expressed concern and insisted he wanted to be viewed as a defender of the free press,” Sulzberger said.

“But in the same conversation, he took credit for the term 'fake news,' a phrase that has now been wielded by dozens of leaders across five continents to justify everything from the passage of anti-free-speech laws in Egypt to the takeover of independent news organizations in Hungary to a crackdown on investigations into genocide in Myanmar,” Sulzberger continued.

He added that “the Times has sought to serve America and its citizens by seeking the truth and helping people understand the world.”

“There is nothing we take more seriously than doing this work fairly and accurately, even when we are under attack. Mr. Trump’s campaign against journalists should concern every patriotic American. A free, fair and independent press is essential to our country’s strength and vitality and to every freedom that makes it great,” he wrote.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fishwrap; liberalfascism; newyorktimes; nyt; treason; trump; trumpmedia
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To: Louis Foxwell

If all the “journalists” at the New York times were to perish in flames tomorrow, the country would be better for it.


21 posted on 06/19/2019 8:35:03 PM PDT by TheConservator (All the blather about TrumpÂ’s violation of the law is simply a projection of their own lawlessness.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Methinks the Times doth protest too much.


22 posted on 06/19/2019 8:35:13 PM PDT by RAldrich
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To: yesthatjallen

The New York Times sucks.


23 posted on 06/19/2019 8:36:22 PM PDT by GOPJ (Send Congo (Ebola) illegals to Martha's Vineyard - let them kill liberals "elites" first...)
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To: yesthatjallen
Ha HA !!!

as if Trump could be in any more danger than he already is....

Trump, the most attacked president in US History ! ...and as the most emotionally strong president in history, he must be "shaking in his boots" at the

NYT DANGER THREAT !

24 posted on 06/19/2019 8:39:20 PM PDT by KTM rider ( .......than to post and remove all doubt)
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To: yesthatjallen

HOW DARE YOU BE OUTRAGED FOR SOMEONE TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT YOU AND YOUR DISGRACEFUL PAPER.

JUST HOW DARE YOU, YOU LITTLE WORM.

TRY, FOR A CHANGE, TO BE A DECENT HUMAN BEING REGAIN SOME INTEGRITY.

Actually, don’t bother, your once great newspaper is dying.


25 posted on 06/19/2019 8:39:37 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: yesthatjallen

Truth hurts, Sulzberger scumbag? Tough sh*t, punk.


26 posted on 06/19/2019 8:41:16 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Ooooo. It’s double-secret probation time!


27 posted on 06/19/2019 8:51:40 PM PDT by LadyShires
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To: yesthatjallen

The New York Times, going back nearly 100 years that I’m familiar with them, certainly has ENOUGH HISTORY to prove Trump right.

They just can’t deal with being called out on it.


28 posted on 06/19/2019 8:51:53 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: yesthatjallen
In early 1960 Alsop wrote a story for the New York Times hinting at US knowledge of secret Soviet missile developments. This story came in the midst of an election-year debate over whether the Eisenhower administration’s fiscally-conservative defense policies had allowed a “missile gap” to open by letting Soviet technology outpace US progress. President Eisenhower knew from U-2 surveillance that in fact the US remained well ahead of the Soviets and there was no missile gap, but he could not publicly reveal this without compromising the top-secret U-2 program. Alsop was friends with the CIA agent in charge of the U-2 program, Richard Bissell, and the information in Alsop’s story on Soviet missile developments was based on information generated by U-2 surveillance. Eisenhower could not refute Alsop’s intimation of a missile gap without exposing the U-2 program in the process. The resulting “missile gap” stigma played a significant role in swinging the 1960 election to John Kennedy.

Eisenhower was normally noted for his calm temperament and slowness to anger, and it took a great deal to make him lose his temper. But when he saw Alsop’s article, he reportedly “exploded”. As Eisenhower biographer Stephen Ambrose records, one of Eisenhower’s associates noted that “the President is extremely angry and has talked at length about the lack of loyalty to the U.S. of these people. In his estimation Joseph Alsop is about the lowest form of animal life on earth. . .” On another occasion Eisenhower called the Times “the most untrustworthy paper in the United States”.: Traitors of Record: The Record of the New York Times

29 posted on 06/19/2019 8:54:17 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Bullish
Just STFU you treasonous bastards.

True dat. 👍

30 posted on 06/19/2019 9:08:45 PM PDT by Mark17 (With Jesus, there is more wealth in my soul, than acres of diamonds and mountains of gold.)
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To: yesthatjallen

I wouldn’t care if PDJT had them all rounded up and shot.


31 posted on 06/19/2019 9:09:27 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady ( Political correctness forbids discussing any negative outcomes of Left-wing ideology. -PMcL)
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To: yesthatjallen
Not really. If your report were true it would be treason.

And I would sincerely like to see someone hang for it. If your report were true.

32 posted on 06/19/2019 9:09:55 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: IronJack

yeppers. Thought the same.


33 posted on 06/19/2019 9:13:34 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“He’s gone from misrepresenting our business, to assaulting our integrity, to demonizing our journalists with a phrase that’s been used by generations of demagogues,” Sulzberger wrote

You are the enemy of the people sulzberger. Do you now you realize what that means? Treason is a hefty crime.


34 posted on 06/19/2019 9:14:36 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (Free)
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To: yesthatjallen

If you can’t do the time, NYT, don’t do the crime.


35 posted on 06/19/2019 9:23:42 PM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Fedora

What about Stewart Alsop?


36 posted on 06/19/2019 9:28:39 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: yesthatjallen

bookmark


37 posted on 06/19/2019 9:50:22 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: yesthatjallen

When you are caught lying numerous times, you are no longer a free press. You are anarchist.


38 posted on 06/19/2019 9:53:03 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: BenLurkin

If it was a true story, then publishing it was treason. If it was a false story, then publishing it was treason.


39 posted on 06/19/2019 9:54:48 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: yesthatjallen

“He’s gone from misrepresenting our business, to assaulting our integrity,

integrity - oh thats rich.


40 posted on 06/19/2019 10:09:52 PM PDT by Jolla
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