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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDaniel Dale just tweeted that Bloomberg journalists were NOT his source for OTR comments
He's responding to Trump blaming Bloomberg and wanting an apology from them.
Dale's multi-tweet thread starts here:
Link to tweet
Id said I wasnt going to say anything about my source for the quotes Trump made off the record to Bloomberg.
However, I dont want to be party to the presidents smearing of excellent, ethical journalists. So I can say this: none of the Bloomberg interviewers was my source.
Trump is calling Jennifer Jacobs, Margaret Talev and their editor liars. They arent, and they didnt violate their off the record promise to him. I dont want to be a party to his attempt to make fellow reporters look deceitful.
So: Im not going to engage in an OK if it isnt them than who was it game, but the president is incorrect when he claims he was wronged by his interviewers.
Maybe I should have expected the president would confirm a Toronto Star story (!) and use this to go after Bloomberg reporters, but I did not - thought it was likely hed either a) ignore it or b) or call it fake news and go after my own ethics, which wouldve been fine.
Anyway, this is an unusual thing to do, but this is an unusual situation. Thats all.
Im not beating myself up, actually - Im very happy with the story, dont think I did anything wrong. Just didnt expect the president to smear Bloomberg reporters rather than me, and want to deal with it.
However, I dont want to be party to the presidents smearing of excellent, ethical journalists. So I can say this: none of the Bloomberg interviewers was my source.
Trump is calling Jennifer Jacobs, Margaret Talev and their editor liars. They arent, and they didnt violate their off the record promise to him. I dont want to be a party to his attempt to make fellow reporters look deceitful.
So: Im not going to engage in an OK if it isnt them than who was it game, but the president is incorrect when he claims he was wronged by his interviewers.
Maybe I should have expected the president would confirm a Toronto Star story (!) and use this to go after Bloomberg reporters, but I did not - thought it was likely hed either a) ignore it or b) or call it fake news and go after my own ethics, which wouldve been fine.
Anyway, this is an unusual thing to do, but this is an unusual situation. Thats all.
Im not beating myself up, actually - Im very happy with the story, dont think I did anything wrong. Just didnt expect the president to smear Bloomberg reporters rather than me, and want to deal with it.
My own guess is that Trump himself leaked the OTR comments -- or, rather, ordered a WH staffer to leak them -- because he'd decided he wanted them made public, and because he saw it as a way to attack Bloomberg for supposedly reneging on an agreement.
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Daniel Dale just tweeted that Bloomberg journalists were NOT his source for OTR comments (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Sep 2018
OP
umm.. wait a few days and the truth will come out. Right from the start-there was
riversedge
Sep 2018
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C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)1. Yup, David Dennison
Trump is full of hamfisted gimmicks. Many people don't even suspect because Trump's manipulations are so dumb and are right there in plain sight.
riversedge
(70,182 posts)2. umm.. wait a few days and the truth will come out. Right from the start-there was
speculation that Trump himself leaked the comments.