My Crazy Year with Trump

[DesertRat]

The presidential hopeful has insulted reporter Katy Tur on national TV, called her names during interviews, and made his campaign seemingly impossible to cover. Here, her no-holds-barred account of trailing the most unlikely candidate in GOP history.

by KATY TUR AUG 10, 2016 In a speech carried live from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, on at least three TV networks last December, soon-to-be Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump was telling the world he wanted to ban Muslims from entering the United States. "It's temporary," he later tried to soften. And then I heard my name.

"She's back there. Little Katy. She's back there."

I was six months into covering the Trump campaign for MSNBC and NBC News, and there I was, in the belly of a World War II battleship, in a press pen made out of bicycle racks, surrounded by thousands of whipped-up Trump supporters.

A few days earlier, at another Trump rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, I'd tweeted live as wave after wave of protestors stood up during his speech. "Now 10," I wrote from the scene, counting the interruptions. "Trump ends speech abruptly and leaves stage."

http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a21997/donald-trump-katy-tur/

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Ya know, with all the bitching and moaning about the press from all sides...

it's enlightening to see the shit they have to put up with.

[DesertRat]

3. Especially covering Trump

They are subjected to frequent mocking and personal insults from the candidate, and death threats from his supporters.
They really need a thick skin for that job.

[madaboutharry]

2. I would have chosen the French boyfriend.

[DesertRat]

4. Haha!

I thought the same thing!

[underpants]

5. Marking for later read

[misterhighwasted]

6. This was such an interesting read. A Perspective from the trenches..

SNIP

"In the hours that followed, Trump took his complaints public, trashing me and CBS News reporter Sopan Deb for the coverage.

"@KatyTurNBC & @DebSopan [sic] should be fired for dishonest reporting," he tweeted. "@KatyTurNBC, 3rd rate reporter & @SopanDeb @CBS lied."

He demanded I apologize.

I didn't, so Trump decided to go further in Mount Pleasant, pointing his finger squarely at me and launching a personal attack as millions of Americans watched at home.

"What a lie it was," Trump said, referring to the claim that he had left the stage abruptly. "What a lie. Katy Tur. What a lie it was. Third. Rate. Reporter. Remember that." The crowd's boos ricocheted off the iron hull of the USS Yorktown."
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Katy Tur is a warrior!

[CrispyQ]

7. Great read!

[Cracklin Charlie]

8. Kick for later

[sarcasmo]

9. Great read, Katy Tur deserves a medal. Trumps purple heart?

[DesertRat]

10. Definitely! nt

[EllaJones]

11. great job

Katy you did great job.

[ailsagirl]

12. My hat's off to her-- what a huge and stressful undertaking

And she lives to tell. Great job!!

[DesertRat]

13. I'm sure she'll have a lot more to tell by the time

this campaign is over.

[ailsagirl]

14. Yes, poor thing

But if she can handle covering that big baboon (and still keep her sanity), she can handle anything!

[DesertRat]

15. I hope this year with Trump

Was worth giving up the French boyfriend.

[ailsagirl]

16. Hmmmm... yes, I hope so