CNN’s Stelter Calls Out Trump for Tweet About NYT’s Maggie Haberman: ‘Lying Is Disrespectful’
CNN’s Brian Stelter opened this morning’s Reliable Sources by calling out President Trump for lying about New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman.
Yesterday the President went on a Twitter rant about Haberman and a recent New York Times report:
The New York Times and a third rate reporter named Maggie Haberman, known as a Crooked H flunkie who I don’t speak to and have nothing to do with, are going out of their way to destroy Michael Cohen and his relationship with me in the hope that he will “flip.” They use….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
….non-existent “sources” and a drunk/drugged up loser who hates Michael, a fine person with a wonderful family. Michael is a businessman for his own account/lawyer who I have always liked & respected. Most people will flip if the Government lets them out of trouble, even if….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
….it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don’t see Michael doing that despite the horrible Witch Hunt and the dishonest media!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018
The dig at Haberman is clearly inaccurate, given 1) how the President actually has talked to Haberman and 2) photographic evidence, and Stelter said that the President is “putting the ‘bully’ in ‘bully pulpit.'”
He showed the tweet about Haberman Trump sent out and brought up those times Trump has talked to Haberman.
“Lying is disrespectful,” Stelter continued. “And it’s not just disrespectful to Haberman or to journalists, but to the public.”
Watch above, via CNN.
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