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Following presidential tradition, top establishment media news members joined president Trump for an off the record luncheon hours before his State of the Union address on Tuesday.
While the president has repeatedly blasted CNN and NBC for reporting lies and propaganda, he still gives them access.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitersz, NBC’s Savannah Guthrie and Lester Holt, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and David Muir and Fox News’s Martha MacCallum were reportedly included on the guest lists.
TV anchors lunching with Trump ahead of State of the Union speech tonight include:
ABC's @GStephanopoulos and @DavidMuir
NBC's @SavannahGuthrie and @LesterHoltNBC
CBS's @margbrennan
CNN's @andersoncooper and @wolfblitzer
C-SPAN's @SteveScully
Fox's Chris Wallace
and others.— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 5, 2019
He makes his disdain for their biased reporting
Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” was reportedly slammed by the president during the hour-long meeting. The president told the group that Todd’s the nicest guy in the world and then becomes “a monster” when he gets on the show.
Trump also pointed out that 95 percent of the media’s coverage of his administration is negative, despite the networks profiting immensely because of his election.
The president’s off-the-record meeting with the press comes after someone leaked compromising information to the New York Times after his prime-time address in January urging Democrats to allocate $5.7 billion for his promised border wall.
Following the leak, Trump blasted the mainstream media for leaking information he conveyed off the record.
Gave an OFF THE RECORD luncheon, somewhat of a White House tradition or custom, to network anchors yesterday – and they quickly leaked the contents of the meeting. Who would believe how bad it has gotten with the mainstream media, which has gone totally bonkers!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 10, 2019
The Mainstream Media has NEVER been more dishonest than it is now. NBC and MSNBC are going Crazy. They report stories, purposely, the exact opposite of the facts. They are truly the Opposition Party working with the Dems. May even be worse than Fake News CNN, if that is possible!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 10, 2019
The annual White House off the record lunch with broadcast news anchors typically outlines a slated speech to anchors who are involved in coverage.
During last year’s lunch, Trump reportedly had a contentious exchanged with Lester Holt over the president’s termination of former FBI Director James Comey. In 2017, Trump railed against news anchors for treating him unfairly.
