Trump cancels meeting with New York Times. New York Times finds out via tweet. Then Trump says changes his mind and will meet with them.

On Tuesday, Trump reopened another front in his media criticism with a series of tweets that said he called off a planned meeting with the New York Times, claiming that the newspaper changed the ground rules. The newspaper said no such last-minute shift was made.

“I cancelled today’s meeting with the failing nytimes when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. Not nice,” Trump tweeted.

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But a statement from Eileen Murphy, a spokeswoman for the New York Times, said the newspaper did not change the rules for the meeting. Murphy said the session had been planned in two parts: a small off-the-record portion and then a larger on-the-record section with reporters and columnists.

“We were unaware that the meeting was canceled until we saw the president-elect’s tweet this morning,” Murphy said. “We did not change the ground rules at all and made no attempt to. They tried to yesterday — asking for only a private meeting and no on-the-record segment, which we refused to agree to.”

Trump later tweeted that “perhaps” another meeting could be scheduled with the New York Times, but he once again pitted himself against the newspaper.

“In the meantime, they continue to cover me inaccurately and with a nasty tone!” Trump wrote.

VectorMan wrote: Expose everyone and everything in the lying liberal media.

boards of FL wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/business/media/donald-trump-new-york-times.html


All the markings of a true professional.  I'm telling you.  This guy doesn't seem the least bit incompetent, does he?  I mean, he doesn't seem like person born into a silver spoon environment who enjoyed the luxury of failing upward, does he?  Not at all!

Sal wrote:So Priebus feeds bad info to Trump knowing he'll react in the way Priebus wants him to? Am I reading that right?

Let's not gloss over the fact that Priebus undertook this apparent sleight of hand because he wasn't confident the President-elect could withstand a round with New York Times reporters.