Don calls journalists ‘deceitful liars’
Meeting with NYT on track
US President-elect Donald Trump has lashed out at top electronic media executives and journalists, terming them “dishonest” and “deceitful liars” after he invited them for a private meeting of minds.
“Instead of striking a harmonious tone to build rapport following the election, Trump was combative,” The Washington Post quoted participants as saying.
“In a calm and deliberate voice, he told the group sitting around a conference table that they had failed to provide their viewers with fair and accurate coverage, and told them they failed to understand him or his appeal to millions of Americans,” The Post said.
We are in a room of liars, the deceitful dishonest media who got it all wrong — Donald Trump, American President-elect
According to the daily, 70year-old Mr Trump repeatedly used the words “unfair” and “dishonest” to describe the coverage during Monday’s meeting in New York with television journalists and executives. Prominent among news anchors were ABC News anchors George Stephanopoulos and David Muir; CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Erin Burnett, and ABC correspondent Martha Raddatz.
“Trump started with (CNN chief) Jeff Zucker and said ‘I hate your network, everyone at CNN is a liar and you should be ashamed’,” the report said quoting a source.
“The meeting was a total disaster... they got a Trump-style dressing down,” the source added.
Mr Trump kept saying “We’re in a room of liars, the deceitful dishonest media who got it all wrong.” “He addressed everyone in the room calling the media dishonest, deceitful liars,” the report said. New York City: A planned meeting on Tuesday between President-elect Donald Trump and The New York Times that appeared to have fallen through will take place after all with Mr Trump and staff members traveling to the paper’s offices at midday for a session with reporters, editors and the publisher. A spokeswoman for Mr Trump, Hope Hicks, confirmed that Mr Trump would attend the meeting, after he initially wrote on Twitter early Tuesday morning that the meeting was canceled. The Times also confirmed it in a statement.