Trump Attacks The New York Times for ‘Bad,’ ‘Highly Inaccurate Coverage’ of Him

President-Elect Donald Trump decided on Sunday morning to hammer The New York Times over how the paper covered his presidential campaign:

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

Trump’s second tweet refers to a memo the paper sent out this weekend. Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. made an appeal to the Grey Lady’s subscribers, where he acknowledged that they underestimated Trump’s appeal across America, and that the paper’s staff would re-commit themselves to fair reporting in the future.

During an interview he gave to 60 Minutes on Friday, Trump said that he would be “very restrained” with his tweeting in the future.

UPDATE – 11:10 p.m. ET: Trump wasn’t done with the Times yet:

The @nytimes states today that DJT believes "more countries should acquire nuclear weapons." How dishonest are they. I never said this!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2016

UPDATE – 1:16 p.m. ET: The Times‘ PR team is hitting back:

@realDonaldTrump @nytimes fact: surge in new subscriptions, print & digital, with trends, stops & starts, 4 X better than normal.

— NYTCo Communications (@NYTimesComm) November 13, 2016

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