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| A.G. Sulzberger and President Trump (Photos: Rob Kim/Getty Images, Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images) |
VietPress USA (July 29, 2018): If there is one thing that Donald Trump does better than any other president came before him, it’s lying to the American. Just 466 days into his presidency, the Washington Post released a report showing that Donald Trump had lied more than 3,000 times in those first 466 days of his presidency. In fact, it was 3,001 lies that he had told to the public in those 466 days. More lies than any other president in recorded history for the United States of America. Another milestone for Trump. He is officially the most lying, dishonest president that this country has ever had. Those 3,001 lies, which at this point it’s actually more than 3,001, amount to 6.5 lies per day.(https://trofire.com/2018/05/02/trump-sets-new-record-by-lying-to-americans-over-3000-times-in-466-days/).
The PolitiFact has published 10 pages of Trump False Facts that shows all false statements involving President Donald Trump (https://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/statements/byruling/false/).
But President Trump always criticizes Press and Media as "Fake News" and "False". Trump routinely attacked the press on the campaign trail but started calling journalists the “enemy of the American people” shortly after taking office.
On July 20, 2018, President Trump invited the New York Times’ top brass to the White House for an off-the-record conversation. The ensuing meeting stayed confidential until today on Sunday morning, July 29, 2018 when Trump tweeted about it. Trump claimed that "Had a very good and interesting meeting at the White House with A.G. Sulzberger, Publisher of the New York Times. Spent much time talking about the vast amounts of Fake News being put out by the media & how that Fake News has morphed into phrase, “Enemy of the People.” Sad!"
Trump said he opined that the press has produced “vast amounts of Fake News” and that this was responsible for his decision to label journalists the “enemy of the people.”
A.G. Sulzberger, Publisher of the New York Times fires back at Trump: “I told him that although the phrase ‘fake news’ is untrue and harmful, I am far more concerned about his labeling journalists ‘the enemy of the people.’ I warned that this inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence”.
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N.Y. Times publisher implores Trump to stop calling journalists 'enemy of the people'
President Trump invited the New York Times’ top brass to the White House for an off-the-record conversation earlier this month. The ensuing meeting stayed confidential until Sunday morning — when Trump tweeted about it.
Trump claimed to have a “very good and interesting meeting” with A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times. Trump said he opined that the press has produced “vast amounts of Fake News” and that this was responsible for his decision to label journalists the “enemy of the people.”
Sulzberger released a statement in response to Trump’s tweet, confirming that he and James Bennet, who oversees the paper’s editorial page, had in fact met with Trump on July 20 and that this was not unusual: Many former presidents and other public figures concerned about coverage have met with past publishers of the New York Times.
He felt compelled to offer the Times’ perspective on the meeting — based on their detailed notes — on Sunday morning after Trump put it on the record with his characterization of it on Twitter.
Sulzberger explained that his primary reason for accepting the meeting was to raise concerns about Trump’s anti-press rhetoric.
“I told him that although the phrase ‘fake news’ is untrue and harmful, I am far more concerned about his labeling journalists ‘the enemy of the people.’ I warned that this inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence,” Sulzberger said.
The Times publisher emphasized that Trump’s rhetoric is being used by some repressive regimes to justify cracking down on journalists abroad — putting lives in danger. He told Trump that his attacks on the media were undermining the United States’ democratic ideals and eating away at the nation’s commitment to free speech and a free press.
“Throughout the conversation I emphasized that if President Trump, like previous presidents, was upset with coverage of his administration he was of course free to tell the world,” Sulzberger said. “I made clear repeatedly that I was not asking for him to soften his attacks on The Times if he felt our coverage was unfair. Instead, I implored him to reconsider his broader attacks on journalism, which I believe are dangerous and harmful to our country.”
Trump routinely attacked the press on the campaign trail but started calling journalists the “enemy of the American people” shortly after taking office. Although past presidents have criticized the media, Trump’s phrase more closely resembles critiques from authoritarian leaders and 20th century dictators who wanted to confuse the public about which sources of information could and could not be trusted.
A few hours after the Times statement was published, Trump returned to Twitter with a rejuvenated hostility for the media. He turned Sulzberger’s argument on its head and argued that the press — supposedly driven to insanity by “Trump Derangement Syndrome” — puts many lives in danger (not only journalists) when it publishes information about the government’s internal deliberations. Trump accused the newspaper industry of being unpatriotic and ignoring his accomplishments so it could continue producing negative coverage of his administration.
...accurately. 90% of media coverage of my Administration is negative, despite the tremendously positive results we are achieving, it’s no surprise that confidence in the media is at an all time low! I will not allow our great country to be sold out by anti-Trump haters in the...
...dying newspaper industry. No matter how much they try to distract and cover it up, our country is making great progress under my leadership and I will never stop fighting for the American people! As an example, the failing New York Times...
...and the Amazon Washington Post do nothing but write bad stories even on very positive achievements - and they will never change!
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