Donald Trump's media summit was a 'f--ing firing squad'
Source: New York Post
President-elect Donald Trump exploded at media bigs in an off-the-record Trump Tower powow on Monday, sources told The Post.
"It was like a f--ing firing squad," said one source.
"Trump started with Jeff Zucker and said I hate your network, everyone at CNN is a liar and you should be ashamed."
"The meeting was a total disaster. The TV execs and anchors went in there thinking they would be discussing the access they would get to the Trump administration, but instead they got a Trump-style dressing down," the source added.
Read more: http://nypost.com/2016/11/21/donald-trumps-media-summit-was-a-f-ing-firing-squad/
Another account, from Politico (so pinches of salt, as ever):
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday told a group of about 25 television executives and anchors that he wants a cordial and productive relationship with the media, according to one source in the room, but he still aired some grievances during the off-the-record gathering in Trump Tower.
The source said the meeting started with a typical Trump complaint about the dishonest media, and that he specifically singled out CNN and NBC News for example as the worst.
He also complained about photos of himself that NBC used that he found unflattering, the source said.
Trump turned to NBC News President Deborah Turness at one point, the source said, and told her the network wont run a nice picture of him, instead choosing this picture of me, as he made a face with a double chin. Turness replied that they had a very nice picture of him on their website at the moment.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/11/donald-trump-media-transition-tension-231727
Vogon_Glory
(9,085 posts)I have ZERO sympathy for the broadcast media hacks who FAILED in their duty to our republic.
cilla4progress
(24,588 posts)What a bunch of dumb fucks
Nay
(12,051 posts)do their duty.
hatrack
(59,439 posts)Or were you just planning on lining up for another round as the Fluff Boy stable for Tangeranus?
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)he will have really pissed them off and, if they weren't convinced before, they should now know his feelings about a free press. They may actually have to start working for a living.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)enough
(13,237 posts)Keeping their jobs is a far higher priority for them than doing journalism. What they are getting paid for now is not reporting, and they are well aware of that.
SaveOurDemocracy
(4,398 posts)Oh, and fuck the media
alfredo
(60,065 posts)world wide wally
(21,719 posts)They supported the guy that called them the scum of the Earth to the tune of about $5 billion in free air time during his campaign.
I imagine they quit teaching courage along with civics in school some time me ago.
cilla4progress
(24,588 posts)To Rumsfeld.
What do they all have a bunch of daddy issues or something?
Ligyron
(7,592 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)They are afraid to be shut out.
So they won't report this meeting.
lake loon
(99 posts)They are not journalists. Never were. They're prancers for the fuehrer.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,278 posts)So now what? Do they roll over for him to ensure they get access, or did he piss them off to the point where they criticize him more? There is an old saying about not starting arguments with anyone who buys ink by the barrel, but are our media so docile that they'll do anything to stay in Agent Orange's good graces? (Certainly the First Amendment will be ignored - the Constitution is useful only insofar as it is actually observed and there is a means of enforcing it.) And at some point will it actually become dangerous to criticize him?
still_one
(91,953 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,853 posts)The media used Trump for ratings and ad revenue, and Trump pays them back by calling them liars.
You can't make this stuff up.
justhanginon
(3,287 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,283 posts)Zucker: B-b-b-b-but I fired Donna Brazile!
Fla Dem
(23,351 posts)What does off the record mean anyway? What's he going to do, sue someone who says someone? He's already black balled some reporters. The sooner someone steps up regardless of the consequences and exposes this tyrannical, racist, sexist, misogynist, white nationalist, pig of a dictator, the better off we'll all be.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)How the FUCK did I get here??? There I was, blithely cruising along in another dimension that was not perfect by ANY means, but had SOME glimmers of hope to help make it tolerable. Then there was this undetectable flip to a parallel dimension that has some physical similarities to the one I spoke of, but this one's got some really creepy bozos in our nation's capitol. WTF! is about the only thing I can vocalize right now.
Anyone know how to bounce back to that other dimension?
If you wind a way, please let us know.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)is just WTF? With every appointment, every bit of news I am just more and more shocked and saddened. I always knew that the recreation of 1930's fascism would happen quickly, but just not this quickly. He hasn't even taken office yet!!
Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)of dollars of free advertisement to Trump, discover that it wasn't enough.
Said media execs must lick his boots and kiss his ass.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Paladin
(28,202 posts)History won't be kind to you about the way you paved the way for a Trump regime. Assholes.
Liberal In Red State
(442 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 22, 2016, 12:49 AM - Edit history (1)
So he can make the heel even more than they al ready do? The Fouth Estate is a joke! It takes writers other than the MSM to dig out any stories of interest . . . MSM should have walked out on him! Watch him blow a gasket! Everyone needs to stop obeying his commands! Bravo to the Hamilton Cast! We should be purchasing Starbucks drinks under the name Clinton! The idea that we go along to get along to give him a chance - I call bullish!t on that as when the GOP said day one that they would block anything Obama tried to do, called him a liar in the state of the union address and trashed his family . . . No more play nice - this war and has been since 2000! Time to fight . . . We can't afford to loose!
TexasProgresive
(12,148 posts)Generator
(7,770 posts)Why did they not walk out? Oh that's right they don't represent the people-they only represent their own pocketbooks of the owners. It's a disgrace. This fuckface thug doesn't understand freedom of the press. Does CNN or insert name here...it's not about access it should be about opposition and truth.
Kablooie
(18,571 posts)Usually to discuss details of access to the president.
JI7
(89,174 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)neverforget
(9,433 posts)Just saying.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)stopbush
(24,378 posts)Zucker, Chuck Todd, Charlie Rose. I laugh at all of them. Fucking assholes.
I haven't watched any news since Nov 8 and I don't plan on watching any time soon.
GWC58
(2,678 posts)I no longer watch any cable news. Before the election I would watch MSNBC, at least in the evening. NO MORE!!! I haven't watched since the election and will continue to not watch. For one thing I can't stand the sight of tRump or his family. 😡😠
Denzil_DC
(7,188 posts)after everything between the lines has been filtered (that includes this OP):
Executives and anchors from the country's five biggest television networks met with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Monday afternoon.
...
The meeting was off the record, meaning the participants agreed not to talk about the substance of the conversations.
But a source in the room said there was "real progress" made with regards to media access to Trump and his administration.
A second participant affirmed this and said the journalists spoke with Trump about the importance of the "press pool," a small group of journalists that traditionally travels with the president.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/21/media/donald-trump-meeting-tv-networks/
It would suit Trump to satisfy his base by making it known he'd bawled the MSM out.
The MSM sells clicks and ads whatever happens, but more so if it's an eye-catching headline.
0rganism
(23,855 posts)part of me wishes it was a firing squad. the perfidy of Zucker and Moonves is legendary
Trump hates your network? forgive me, but i think i just found some common ground.
kebob
(499 posts)But at least you got good ratings off of Trump!
brooklynite
(93,853 posts)bdamomma
(63,654 posts)that is a good question not NBC news just crap stuff no politics. I am hoping for Rachel but I haven't been watching the news if that's you want to call it. Democracy Now with Amy Goodman, here and Progressive radio.
Lets boycott these are serious times and they are not informing the people their motto just keep the American stupid. crap.
riversedge
(69,721 posts)liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)If they would do their fucking job we would have never found our nation in this predicament.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)going to say..it was a great meeting, he thanked us for all the exposure we gave him..we made so much money - I'm not buying this story..
This is a bs story brought to you by bannon..just call me cynical...it's okay..firing squad my arse...it was probably more like hey, keep up they good work - and so far..they have...normalize normalize - until we all turn around and say what the hell happened..
Kablooie
(18,571 posts)It seems someone at the meeting has squealed in spite of it being off the record.
Kellyanne Conway said it was a nice respectful meeting so you know it wasn't that.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)and any Democrat or INDEPENDENT who works with him is a disgusting turncoat.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)I won't be holding my breath for any sort of reckoning...
lunasun
(21,646 posts)catbyte
(34,170 posts)what the fuck did they expect? Idiots. Trumpenfuhrer is just getting started. "Constitution? I don't need no fucking Constitution. I AM THE GREAT AND POWERFUL DONALD."
I think I'm going to be sick. Again.
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)have media mob rule on him.
lindysalsagal
(20,440 posts)He loves nothing more than their attention.
3catwoman3
(23,815 posts)...until 2020?
Ford_Prefect
(7,822 posts)MontanaMama
(23,238 posts)but I'm afraid that the tools in the MSM will do is kiss his big orange hiney from here on out. "Yes sir, thank you sir, may I have another?" Disgusting traitors. Donate to Free Speech TV. That's all we have left. Except Lawrence...any maybe Joy.
tinrobot
(10,848 posts)I would love to see them hold him accountable.
...or they could cave and act like sheep.
Hoping for the former, half-expecting the latter.
bpositive
(423 posts)Maybe this is a fake story to make us believe that they "press" & trump had a break up so that we can believe future news stories.
Who knows - fuckers, all of them.
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)A fake story. I am wondering if it might need to come to disrupting the news media to get the truth out.
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)It's all a big show for our benefit! Ain't gonna work on me!
LenaBaby61
(6,965 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)barbtries
(28,702 posts)all the way around.
johnp3907
(3,723 posts)WestSeattle2
(1,730 posts)train wreck of a transition, and his impotent tweeting can't change that fact. Too funny.
Response to WestSeattle2 (Reply #53)
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Ligyron
(7,592 posts)He may only allow his new branded Trump TV network or his silent partner TV syndicate to report on matters of state.
This is how it starts.
nm
Blue Idaho
(4,988 posts)The more he pitches shit fits at the media the more likely they are to keep poking him and enjoying his hyperbolic tantrums. His implosion will be epic, historic, and complete.
I can't wait.
Cosmocat
(14,543 posts)Its not going to play out like that at all ...
Blue Idaho
(4,988 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)And Bannon's puppet is lower than low. So...
OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)"In something that could have been scripted by Joseph Goebbels . . . . "
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)especially if the media actually decides to start doing its job.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)repigs don't care about the job, they just want to make off with the money so they need the dog to guard the riches
jpak
(41,742 posts)LuckyLib
(6,814 posts)fact is that you seem hyper aware of your own bullshit, projecting it with every statement you make!
brooklynite
(93,853 posts)http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/11/donald-trump-media-transition-tension-231727
Maybe he needs a uniform; it always adds a touch of class...
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)themselves. They gave the guy millions in free advertising and didn't seem to care if he was telling the truth then.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)... with people who buy ink by the barrel.
It's early yet, but I don't think we'll have to worry about the press being overly deferential.
He may be a cartoonish example, but this is why "titans of the business world" make terrible public officials. They are used to bellowing at everyone around them, because usually they are all employees. No one dares disagree.
The press, when it's doing its job, has a slightly different attitude.
VOX
(22,976 posts)What they got was 60-grit sandpaper. Now that it's too late, will these enablers FINALLY start doing their jobs?
Won't hold my breath.
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)Media + Tramp = Master Manipulators!
I don't believe a single word any of them are saying. We saw what the corporate media did during the election, including CNN. They think if they seem to be fighting each other, we'll like one or the other....when in fact this "fighting the media" thing is nothing but a hoax perpetuated for our benefit! I'm not buying any of it!
JI7
(89,174 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)"Thank you sir. May I have another?"
OnDoutside
(19,907 posts)dilemma. This was not a landslide victory and I think that significantly colours the view of his presidency.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)The repubs won the white house, and held the house and senate. That's their mandate, and they will do whatever they want for the next four (or eight) years.
He's not on a sticky wicket, he's on a purple carpet leading to his gilded throne.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Let that sink in with the Con and he's not going to like it.
HAB911
(8,811 posts)Jeroen
(1,061 posts)He wants perpetual war with the 'lügenpresse' to keep Trump's base energized and excited.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)this on the Today show and pretty much said he would live to regret it. She said if he chooses to only speak to his base, he would quickly realize how limiting that can be. She also called him out on the support of the alt-right and said he would own it soon it he didn't denounce it. Hopefully Chuck Toad will pay some attention to her bravery.
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)But most of these million dollar news readers (they are not journalists) will not rock the boat because they do not want to risk their multi million dollar a year salary.
They will be blacklisted from all major networks if they call out Trump and they lose access for the whole network.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Her claims to fame are that she found Sarah Palin to be entirely unacceptable, and she wasn't a "snarler" - really:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolle_Wallace
White House and BushCheney '04[edit]
Wallace joined the White House staff during President George W. Bush's first term, serving as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Media Affairs at the White House, where she oversaw regional press strategy and outreach.[5]
In 2003, Wallace joined the BushCheney '04 campaign as the Communications Director, where according to The New York Times, "she delivered her political attacks without snarling."[6]
On January 5, 2005, Bush named Wallace White House Communications Director.[5] The New York Times story announcing her presidential appointment carried the headline: "New Aide Aims to Defrost the Press Room," and described Wallace's intentions "to improve the contentious relationship between a secretive White House and the press."[6] According to The Washington Post, Wallace served as "a voice for more openness with reporters", and former colleagues describe Wallace as having been "very persuasive in the halls of the West Wing."[4]
Her White House colleague, presidential political advisor Mark McKinnon, called her a "rare talent in politics."[7]
McCainPalin campaign[edit]
Wallace also served as a senior advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign in 2008. She appeared frequently on network and cable news programs as the campaign's top spokesperson and defender.[8]
In late October 2008, campaign aides criticized vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. One unnamed McCain aide said Palin had "gone rogue," placing her own future political interests ahead of the McCain/Palin ticket, directly contradicting her running mate's positions, and disobeying directions from campaign managers.[9][10] In response to reports of dissension within the McCain-Palin campaign, Wallace issued a statement to both Politico and CNN saying: "If people want to throw me under the bus, my personal belief is that the most honorable thing to do is to lie there."[11][9]
Wallace was portrayed by Sarah Paulson in the 2012 film Game Change.[12] Wallace described the film as highly credible, saying the film "captured the spirit and emotion of the campaign." Wallace also told ABC News Chief Political Correspondent George Stephanopoulos that the film was "true enough to make me squirm."[13]
Wallace has stated she did not vote for a presidential candidate in 2008 because Sarah Palin gave her pause.[14]
It looks like she is burnishing her credentials.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)like Steve Schmidt, she was an honest broker during the campaign and seems unafraid to speak truth to power.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)that wing lost and the Reich Wing won
heaven05
(18,124 posts)behind their trumpfuhrer. Hell they were a huge part of this monster becoming what he is....the new fuhrer. The MSM can't tell me anything, anymore.
Paladin
(28,202 posts)What's the latest on Hillary's emails?
wordpix
(18,652 posts)History of the impeachment statement in Constitution was to protect US against BRIBERY, which is named as a high crime. Discussion centered on a Consitutional crisis if Don doesn't put his assets in a blind trust (not to his children). Also that with all the appts. Don must do and running the gov, he is focusing instead on filling the Old Post Office beds and other assets he owns.
Bottom line: impeachment is on the table already
Paladin
(28,202 posts)I'm not seeing much of either, so far.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)and Bernie is coming out swinging with his recent infrastructure alternative and statements that Trump's plan just makes the rich contractors richer so they can take their profits out of the country and not pay taxes.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)Its another to fight against it. To risk losing access in exchange for not being cowed by this wannabe fascist. I guess we'll see.
WinstonSmith4740
(3,048 posts)They created this monster. They nurtured him, coddled him, gave him all the free publicity he needed in the primaries, and never once challenged him on anything. They let him get away with blatant lies, while bashing Hillary at every turn. They got exactly what they deserved. Maybe THIS will cause the scales to fall from their eyes, but I doubt it. They're whores and they have been on their knees to Republican presidents since Reagan.