Donald Trump alleges that NYT is losing thousands of subscribers because of biased coverage of him.
During America's bitterly-fought election campaign, if Hillary Clinton was enemy number one for Donald Trump, the American media - especially the New York Times - was enemy number 2.
In his rallies, it was commonplace for Trump to turn the crowd's hostility towards the press enclosure, singling out in particular the New York Times for what he called biased coverage. His other target was CNN.
Those attacks have not stopped even after he won the election. On Monday, President-elect Trump tweeted
In an interview to NDTV, David Barstow, the Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times investigative journalist who broke one of the biggest stories of this election, on Trump's taxes, said as President he could use his executive powers to settle scores with the media.
Mr Barstow said "President Obama - and it is not to his credit in terms of press freedom - waged a pretty unprecedented campaign against whistle-blowers. He brought many criminal cases against whistle-blowers. Donald Trump can do that times 10. He could pass legislation in Republican Congress, to make it easier to bring libel suits against the media."
What of Trump's allegations that the newspaper was less critical of Hillary Clinton? The New York Times, like many leading publications, endorsed the Democrat's candidature. Mr Barstow claims that had no influence on editorial policy. "There is a thick wall between the newsroom and the editorial page of the NYT. I don't even know the people who write our editorial," he said.
"The toughest stories on Hillary Clinton came from the New York Times", he said.
If there is a 'bias' in the newsroom, said Mr Barstow, it is towards good journalism. "The ethic in the newsroom is to report with the passion of reporting without fear or favour."
In his rallies, it was commonplace for Trump to turn the crowd's hostility towards the press enclosure, singling out in particular the New York Times for what he called biased coverage. His other target was CNN.
Those attacks have not stopped even after he won the election. On Monday, President-elect Trump tweeted
Wow, the @nytimes is losing thousands of subscribers because of their very poor and highly inaccurate coverage of the "Trump phenomena"
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2016
The @nytimes sent a letter to their subscribers apologizing for their BAD coverage of me. I wonder if it will change - doubt it?
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2016
In an interview to NDTV, David Barstow, the Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times investigative journalist who broke one of the biggest stories of this election, on Trump's taxes, said as President he could use his executive powers to settle scores with the media.
Mr Barstow said "President Obama - and it is not to his credit in terms of press freedom - waged a pretty unprecedented campaign against whistle-blowers. He brought many criminal cases against whistle-blowers. Donald Trump can do that times 10. He could pass legislation in Republican Congress, to make it easier to bring libel suits against the media."
What of Trump's allegations that the newspaper was less critical of Hillary Clinton? The New York Times, like many leading publications, endorsed the Democrat's candidature. Mr Barstow claims that had no influence on editorial policy. "There is a thick wall between the newsroom and the editorial page of the NYT. I don't even know the people who write our editorial," he said.
"The toughest stories on Hillary Clinton came from the New York Times", he said.
If there is a 'bias' in the newsroom, said Mr Barstow, it is towards good journalism. "The ethic in the newsroom is to report with the passion of reporting without fear or favour."
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