Trump Cancels Meeting With New York Times
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NEW YORK (CBSMiami/AP) — It's a 'he said, she said' situation in the Big Apple after President-elect Donald Trump abruptly canceled a meeting with The New York Times that was scheduled for Tuesday.
The real estate billionaire accused the organization of changing the conditions for the session "at the last moment." The newspaper denied the charge and said Trump's aides tried to change the rules.
He'd been scheduled to meet Times reporters, editors and columnists and did not give details of his complaint.
I cancelled today's meeting with the failing @nytimes when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. Not nice
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2016
He followed up with:
Perhaps a new meeting will be set up with the @nytimes. In the meantime they continue to cover me inaccurately and with a nasty tone!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2016
Eileen M. Murphy, the newspaper's senior vice president for communications, said: "We did not change the ground rules at all and made no attempt to."
The Times quoted her as saying Trump's aides tried to alter the conditions, asking for a private meeting only, with nothing on the record, "which we refused to agree to.
"In the end," she said, "we concluded with them that we would go back to the original plan of a small off-the-record session and a larger on-the-record session with reporters and columnists." That was followed by Trump pulling out.
Trump met privately Monday with representatives of the television networks.
The president-elect heralded "more great meetings" in his Manhattan tower as he continues shaping his administration before heading to Florida for Thanksgiving on Tuesday or Wednesday.
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