From the Liveblog of
Sunday, July 29, 2018
NYT publisher tells Trump anti-press attacks ‘dangerous and harmful’
WASHINGTON — The publisher of The New York Times says Sunday he warned US President Donald Trump that his attacks on the press were “dangerous and harmful to our country.”
A.G. Sulzberger comments on the July 20 meeting after Trump tweets they had “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!”
Sulzberger says he had accepted the meeting to raise concerns about the president’s “deeply troubling anti-press rhetoric” and implored him “to reconsider his broader attacks on journalism, which I believe are dangerous and harmful to our country.”
— AFP
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2018
