NYT, WaPo Respond to Trump After He Says Their Subscribers Are ‘Dwindling’

The New York Times and The Washington Post responded to being trashed by President Trump in some early-morning tweets today:

The failing @nytimes has been wrong about me from the very beginning. Said I would lose the primaries, then the general election. FAKE NEWS!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2017

Thr coverage about me in the @nytimes and the @washingtonpost gas been so false and angry that the times actually apologized to its…..

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2017

…dwindling subscribers and readers.They got me wrong right from the beginning and still have not changed course, and never will. DISHONEST

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2017

The Times responded thusly:

.@realDonaldTrump Fact check: @nytimes subscribers & audience at all-time highs. Supporting independent journalism matters. pic.twitter.com/yzh90y6ih0

— NYTCo Communications (@NYTimesComm) January 28, 2017

Reporters at the Times also weighed in:

The staff of the @nytimes would like to thank the President of the United States for all of the free advertising. https://t.co/XjGhUjVjuW

— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) January 28, 2017

"The Times is, it’s a great, great American jewel. A world jewel." What Trump said @nytimes after the election: https://t.co/oSYzj1fivC

— Jessica Lustig (@jessicalustig) January 28, 2017

This wasn't true when Mr. Trump was president-elect and first said The Times apologized. It still isn't true. https://t.co/ZWzpc0k8q1

— Alan Blinder (@alanblinder) January 28, 2017

And WaPo also fired back:

Subscriptions also spiking at now-profitable @washingtonpost, where the audience is bigger than ever (and the facts aren't alternative). https://t.co/xkqhR8nhfg

— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) January 28, 2017

.@realDonaldTrump's tweets complaining about news organizations, containing 2 typos and 3 factual errors, still up 3 hours later pic.twitter.com/WvJBPgxPdV

— Mark Berman (@markberman) January 28, 2017

Subscribe. It's like 30 cents a day for a digital subscription. https://t.co/dcxeho3nk8 https://t.co/2kJu8q0QpL

— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) January 28, 2017

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