NYT, WaPo Respond to Trump After He Says Their Subscribers Are 'Dwindling'

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite

by Josh Feldman 2:27 pm, January 28th, 2017

The New York Times and The Washington Post responded to being trashed by President Trump in some [link:http://www.mediaite.com/online/fake-news-trump-slams-dishonest-new-york-times-by-again-perpetuating-blatant-lie/early-morning tweets today]:

-snip- (Trump's tweets)

The Times responded thusly:

NYTCo Communications ✔
@NYTimesComm

.@realDonaldTrump Fact check: @nytimes subscribers & audience at all-time highs. Supporting independent journalism matters.

8:57 AM - 28 Jan 2017
7,678 Retweets 13,074 likes

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And WaPo also fired back:

Margaret Sullivan ✔
@Sulliview

Subscriptions also spiking at now-profitable @washingtonpost, where the audience is bigger than ever (and the facts aren't alternative).

Link to tweet

1:51 PM - 28 Jan 2017
264 Retweets 404 likes

Mark Berman ✔
@markberman

.@realDonaldTrump's tweets complaining about news organizations, containing 2 typos and 3 factual errors, still up 3 hours later

11:25 AM - 28 Jan 2017
11 Retweets 20 likes

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Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/online/nyt-wapo-respond-to-trump-after-he-says-their-subscribers-are-dwindling/

[marylandblue]

1. Just renewed my subscription to WaPo nt

[wordpix]

4. renewing mine

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Would it be at all possible...

That those two papers combined have more subscribers than his record-breakingly huge inaugural crowd?

[paranoid floyd]

3. Just got a subscription to New York Times

Got one for the Washington Post awhile back. Trump can eat it.

[calimary]

18. So did I!

Now I can enjoy as many good reads as I want! LOVE Paul Krugman and Charles M. Blow!

[truthisfreedom]

5. If his skin gets any thinner he'll turn transparent.

His actions already are.

Hey trump, you lost the general election by almost three million votes.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. TRUMP's subscribers are dwindling. In one week he has gone from even approval to -8.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141681651

Gallup: Trump Net Approval Rating Drops 8 Points In First Week In Office

4:51 PM - President Donald Trumps net approval rating dropped by eight points in his first week in the Oval Office, according to daily polls tracked by Gallup. On Sunday Jan. 22, two days after being sworn in, 45 percent of respondents said they disapproved o ... (TPM)

[elfin]

7. subscribe to both - along with new yorker...

Vanity Fair, Atlantic and Guardian.

WaPo new to me as well as Atlantic.

[obamanut2012]

8. And Teen Vogue

[NastyRiffraff]

9. Just subscribed to the NYT

Already a long time subscriber (and ex-employee) of WaPo.

[lark]

10. I subscribed to NYT for first time ever,

just to spite drumpf. Well, oK, not just to spite him, NYT has basically done a decent job of journalism so I'm in.

[Cicada]

11. I bought WaPo online subscription day after election

[GallopingGhost]

12. Subscribing to both now.

Feels good.

[left-of-center2012]

13. SHUT UP !

Instead of telling the press to shut up (Steve Bannon),
someone needs to tell Trump to shut up.

Trump acts like a spoiled teenager.
We shouldn't have to tell the POTUS to grow up.

[AgadorSparticus]

14. Been on the fence about subscribing to WaPo. I think Trump has pushed me off that fence.

[PossiblePasts]

15. Already subscribe to Washington Post

Just subscribed to New York Times.

[calimary]

19. Welcome to DU, PossiblePasts!

I did that, myself! Washington Post is next.

[keithbvadu2]

16. Presidential inauguration audiences are 'Dwindling'.

[Cha]

17. Fucking Lying Predator is a LIAR.. that is Established.

[adigal]

20. I subscribed to NYT day after election and WaPo this past week

They are not perfect, but they are pissed and getting better. Also, Mother Jones and The Nation

[we can do it]

21. Gonna need to subscribe.

[moonscape]

22. Subscribe to both, New Yorker, Atlantic and donate to ProPublica (important) n/t