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| Trump uses Twitter to bash New York Times coverage and letter to subscribers | Trump uses Twitter to bash New York Times coverage and letter to subscribers |
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| President-elect Donald Trump returned to Twitter on Sunday morning, to attack a familiar target: the New York Times. | President-elect Donald Trump returned to Twitter on Sunday morning, to attack a familiar target: the New York Times. |
| Trump, who has spent the weekend at Trump Tower in New York forming his transition plans and considering possible administration appointments, tweeted: “Wow, the [New York Times] is losing thousands of subscribers because of their very poor and highly inaccurate coverage of the ‘Trump phenomena’.” | Trump, who has spent the weekend at Trump Tower in New York forming his transition plans and considering possible administration appointments, tweeted: “Wow, the [New York Times] is losing thousands of subscribers because of their very poor and highly inaccurate coverage of the ‘Trump phenomena’.” |
| He continued: | He continued: |
| The @nytimes sent a letter to their subscribers apologizing for their BAD coverage of me. I wonder if it will change - doubt it? | The @nytimes sent a letter to their subscribers apologizing for their BAD coverage of me. I wonder if it will change - doubt it? |
| The letter to which Trump referred was sent by Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr and executive editor Dean Baquet to subscribers after Tuesday’s election. They wrote: “Did Donald Trump’s sheer unconventionality lead us and other news outlets to underestimate his support among American voters?” | The letter to which Trump referred was sent by Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr and executive editor Dean Baquet to subscribers after Tuesday’s election. They wrote: “Did Donald Trump’s sheer unconventionality lead us and other news outlets to underestimate his support among American voters?” |
| Later on Sunday, Trump also said on Twitter: “The [Times] states today that DJT believes ‘more countries should acquire nuclear weapons’. How dishonest are they. I never said this!” | |
| In a discussion with the Times on foreign policy and at a CNN town hall event, Trump said that some countries, such as Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia, might be better off if they did acquire nuclear weapons. | |
| Trump’s tweets were a reversion by the president-elect to the freewheeling use of social media which marked much of his campaign before lessening in the final weeks, at the instigation of campaign staff. It also signaled a willingness to continue to use the press as a whipping boy. | |
| The president-elect has long gone after the press and, in particular, the Times. In October, campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told the Guardian Trump would file a lawsuit against the newspaper after it published stories about women who alleged that he sexually assaulted them. That suit has yet to be filed. | The president-elect has long gone after the press and, in particular, the Times. In October, campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told the Guardian Trump would file a lawsuit against the newspaper after it published stories about women who alleged that he sexually assaulted them. That suit has yet to be filed. |
| In September, the Republican nominee tweeted: “My lawyers want to sue the failing [Times] so badly for irresponsible intent. I said no (for now), but they are watching. Really disgusting.” | In September, the Republican nominee tweeted: “My lawyers want to sue the failing [Times] so badly for irresponsible intent. I said no (for now), but they are watching. Really disgusting.” |
| “Irresponsible intent” does not exist under any standard or doctrine found under US law. | “Irresponsible intent” does not exist under any standard or doctrine found under US law. |
| Trump’s adversarial relationship with the press has gone beyond Twitter. As a presidential candidate, he long kept a blacklist of outlets like the Washington Post which were prohibited from being credentialed for events. | Trump’s adversarial relationship with the press has gone beyond Twitter. As a presidential candidate, he long kept a blacklist of outlets like the Washington Post which were prohibited from being credentialed for events. |
| He also made attacks on the media a standard part of his stump speech and urged crowds at his events to boo and heckle reporters. | He also made attacks on the media a standard part of his stump speech and urged crowds at his events to boo and heckle reporters. |
| In February, Trump pledged to “open up the libel laws” so that “when [newspapers] write purposely negative stories … we can sue them and make lots of money”. | In February, Trump pledged to “open up the libel laws” so that “when [newspapers] write purposely negative stories … we can sue them and make lots of money”. |
| The Times reported extensively on Trump’s background, in October revealing that he may not have paid federal income tax for 18 years; investigating multiple allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour and assault; and compiling an exhaustive list of “the 282 people, places and things” he had insulted on Twitter during his campaign. | The Times reported extensively on Trump’s background, in October revealing that he may not have paid federal income tax for 18 years; investigating multiple allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour and assault; and compiling an exhaustive list of “the 282 people, places and things” he had insulted on Twitter during his campaign. |