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This one comes courtesy of The Intercept’s natsec editor Vanessa Gezari, who describes this moment from a “semi-private meeting” between Lesley Stahl and Donald Trump:
Lesley Stahl asked Trump in semi-private meeting why he’s always attacking the press. His answer: “I want to demean you and discredit you so that when you do negative stories about me, no one will believe you.” @deadlineclub #deadlineawards
— vanessa gezari (@vanessagezari) May 22, 2018
We should definitely believe this without question.
uh.
huh. https://t.co/wJs4DQpECr— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) May 22, 2018
"why are you so unjust?" asked the aggrieved reporter.
"here's a response that perfectly confirms your priors!" he said, twirling his mustache.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) May 22, 2018
Heh.
Things that totally happened
— Alec Kerrigan (@AlecHKerrigan) May 22, 2018
Is this the new “My 7-year-old asked me about income inequality”
— Gideon Dabi (@gideondabi) May 22, 2018
Bulls**t. I don't believe a word of this.
— Chibi James Madison (@trueholygoat) May 22, 2018
my god, this is like fake news inception.
— Dr. Richard Harambe (@Richard_Harambe) May 22, 2018
I mean, it's 100% accurate and there's 0% chance he actually said it.
— Alex Zelinski (@A_Zelinski) May 22, 2018
This doesn’t quite pass the smell test. But that doesn’t really matter, does it?
ok, so journo twitter is going to treat this like it’s God’s honest truth and not apply even a smidgen of scrutiny? that's some solid work, fellas.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) May 22, 2018
Works every time it’s tried.
Why would President @realDonaldTrump need to do that? the media is doing a great job accomplishing that end all by themselves.
— Yelling at Clouds (@MilitaryRosary) May 22, 2018
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Update:
Here’s Lesley Stahl telling her story:
Lesley Stahl says @realDonaldTrump explained to her why he continues to attack the media: “You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all, so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you.” Video: https://t.co/A9jzC7LDkI
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) May 22, 2018
Still no proof that she’s not completely full of it, though. We won’t hold our breath.
