Donald Trump issued his first critical tweets of the New York Times and Washington Post as president of the United States on Saturday.
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 New York Times later fired back at Trump, saying its subscription and audience levels are “at all-time highs.”
.@realDonaldTrump Fact check: @nytimes subscribers & audience at all-time highs. Supporting independent journalism matters. pic.twitter.com/yzh90y6ih0
— The New York Times Communications (@NYTimesPR) January 28, 2017
Trump made a habit of criticizing the New York Times and the Washington Post as a candidate and president-elect.
As president, the Trump administration has already gone after news outlets for what he says is misreporting the size of his inauguration crowd.
Trump also called out a Time reporter last week for incorrectly reporting that a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. had been removed from the Oval Office. The reporter, Zeke Miller, quickly sent out an apology after realizing his mistake.
