We Will Set the Rules, Not You: US Media to President-Elect Trump
The Corps also says that it is the media which decides how much space to give to the President and his spokespeople as “It is, after all, our airtime and column inches that you are seeking to influence”. The letter also says that the words and tweets of the Trump administration will be under close scrutiny.
When you or your surrogates say or tweet something that is demonstrably wrong, we will say so, repeatedly. Facts are what we do, and we have no obligation to repeat false assertions; the fact that you or someone on your team said them is newsworthy, but so is the fact that they don’t stand up to scrutiny. Both aspects should receive equal weight.
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The letter added that press needs to work with the President and they need to cooperate and coexist. “When you shout down or ignore a reporter at a press conference who has said something you don’t like, you’re going to face a unified front,” the Corps writes. "We’ll work together on stories when it makes sense, and make sure the world hears when our colleagues write stories of importance. “
The Corps reminds Trump that journalists have been around since the republic’s beginning and are in it for the long haul.
Oh Boy, that is an arrogant, pissy little, foot stomping, tantrum