# Trump Summons TV Figures for Private Meeting, and Lets Them Have It **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 22, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737 "2016-11-22T13:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/1 "2016-11-22T13:36:12Z")
[From the NYT:](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/business/media/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it.html?_r=0) > [@](#): > > It had all the trappings of a high-level rapprochement: President-elect Donald J. Trump, now the nation’s press critic in chief, inviting the leading anchors and executives of television news to join him on Monday for a private meeting of minds. > > On-air stars like Lester Holt, Charlie Rose, George Stephanopoulos and Wolf Blitzer headed to Trump Tower for the off-the-record gathering, typically the kind of event where journalists and politicians clear the air after a hard-fought campaign. > > Instead, the president-elect delivered a defiant message: You got it all wrong. [From the _Washington Post:_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-defiant-trump-meets-the-tv-news-crowd-in-private--and-lets-them-have-it/2016/11/21/17a9e418-b040-11e6-840f-e3ebab6bcdd3_story.html) > [@](#): > > … if the media elite attended in hopes of improving relations with the forthcoming Trump administration, that wasn’t quite in the cards. The president-elect specifically called out reporting by CNN and NBC that he deemed unfair, according to four people who attended the meeting, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because the meeting was off the record. (The ground rules prevented the networks from reporting the very story they were part of.) > > On Tuesday, Trump reopened another front in his media criticism with a series of tweets that said he called off a planned meeting with the New York Times, claiming that the newspaper changed the ground rules. The newspaper said no such last-minute shift was made. Stephen Bannon, Reince Priebus & Trump’s son-in-law attended the meeting. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/2 "2016-11-22T13:40:58Z")
At least he let them keep their journalism licenses. Whew. That was a close one. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/3 "2016-11-22T13:48:08Z")
Execution warrants have been prepared. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/4 "2016-11-22T13:56:21Z")
“Here’s a souvenir sword for each of you. Hang it above your desk.” ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/5 "2016-11-22T14:27:56Z")
Jokes aside… maybe an energized, truly hostile press is exactly what we need. (Envisions NYT taking off fancy velvet gloves to reveal Andre-like fists of granite…) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/6 "2016-11-22T14:49:50Z")
Why didn’t they keep the tapes rolling and then leak them online? Or why even agree to meet off the record in the first place? They should give their agreement with him as much respect as he gives agreements with his contractors. ---
**Author:** ![Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pearl_Clutching_Provocateur)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/7 "2016-11-22T14:51:34Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Jokes aside… maybe an energized, truly hostile press is exactly what we need. > > (Envisions NYT taking off fancy velvet gloves to reveal Andre-like fists of granite…) Did you think the leftist main stream media was going to give him a pass like they have for Obama? George Stephanopoulos literally worked for the Clinton administration and somehow is considered a journalist? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/8 "2016-11-22T14:56:11Z")
Good point! The total dictatorial power of George Stephanopoulos hardly even gets mentioned! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/9 "2016-11-22T15:07:13Z")
Have you heard about Ivanka changing her name to Cersei? . . . . . . . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/10 "2016-11-22T15:07:27Z")
> [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](#): > > George Stephanopoulos literally worked for the Clinton administration and somehow is considered a journalist? While, ironically, Donald Trump literally worked in television and somehow is considered the President Elect. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/11 "2016-11-22T15:12:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > While, ironically, Donald Trump literally worked in television and somehow is considered the President Elect. _golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/12 "2016-11-22T15:13:02Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Jokes aside… maybe an energized, truly hostile press is exactly what we need. > > (Envisions NYT taking off fancy velvet gloves to reveal Andre-like fists of granite…) I agree! Keep up the pressure. The madder Trump gets, the more likely he is to go into “full meltdown” mode, and completely destroy his credibility. Either that, or he turns into the Hulk… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/13 "2016-11-22T15:18:56Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Why didn’t they keep the tapes rolling and then leak them online? Or why even agree to meet off the record in the first place? They should give their agreement with him as much respect as he gives agreements with his contractors. There were no tapes. The first time I heard of these types of meetings is when Katie Couric mentioned on Letterman that the president will routinely have off the record meetings with the top news people in which policy and sensitive subjects are briefed. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/14 "2016-11-22T15:20:51Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > There were no tapes. The first time I heard of these types of meetings is when Katie Couric mentioned on Letterman that the president will routinely have off the record meetings with the top news people in which policy and sensitive subjects are briefed. If I’m a reporter, I record it anyway. Leave it to my editors if there is sensitive stuff I shouldn’t leak, then leak the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/15 "2016-11-22T15:21:49Z")
I just noticed that Trump is now releasing his policy statements on video tape, just like Osama Bin Laden used to. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/16 "2016-11-22T15:32:31Z")
> [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](#): > > Did you think the leftist main stream media was going to give him a pass like they have for Obama? > > George Stephanopoulos literally worked for the Clinton administration and somehow is considered a journalist? Sean Hannity literally worked for the Trump campaign and somehow is considered a journalist. I mean, not by me, but that’s not because of his work on the Trump campaign. It’s because he’s not a journalist. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/17 "2016-11-22T15:54:29Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > If I’m a reporter, I record it anyway. Leave it to my editors if there is sensitive stuff I shouldn’t leak, then leak the rest. Do you then write stories about how crazy it is that people don’t trust the media? 'Cause that would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/18 "2016-11-22T15:56:51Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Do you then write stories about how crazy it is that people don’t trust the media? > > 'Cause that would be awesome. I might, with no hypocrisy. When you’re dealing with a lying sociopath, you do what you have to do to get the story then get it out by whatever means necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Corry\_El](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@Corry\_El](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corry_El)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/19 "2016-11-22T16:01:34Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Sean Hannity literally worked for the Trump campaign and somehow is considered a journalist. I mean, not by me, but that’s not because of his work on the Trump campaign. It’s because he’s not a journalist. Sean Hannity, who I consider a fool, does not claim to be an objective journalist. Stephanopoulos does. There isn’t actually an easy ‘but they do it too’ comeback to Stephanopoulos. You can argue Stephanopoulos has distanced himself enough from the Democrats to be legitimately considered an objective journalist, but it’s really nothing to do with Sean Hannity. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737/20 "2016-11-22T16:03:48Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I might, with no hypocrisy. When you’re dealing with a lying sociopath, you do what you have to do to get the story then get it out by whatever means necessary. And interestingly, in your view Bush was also a lying sociopath. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-summons-tv-figures-for-private-meeting-and-lets-them-have-it/772737.md?page=2)