“The Washington Post is on its last leg,” the former president wrote.
Donald Trump slammed The Washington Post in a Truth Social post late Sunday, soon after the newspaper published a bombshell report alleging ties between its incoming executive editor and a “self-described ‘thief.’”
For the former president, who has long railed against mainstream media outlets and has held a grudge against The Washington Post since his first presidential campaign, the unfolding controversy served as a timely opening to re-up his attacks.
Donald Trump piled on the newspaper amid public criticism against its executives. | Carlos
Donald Trump slammed The Washington Post in a Truth Social post late Sunday, soon after the newspaper published a bombshell report alleging ties between its incoming executive editor and a “self-described ‘thief.’”
For the former president, who has long railed against mainstream media outlets and has held a grudge against The Washington Post since his first presidential campaign, the unfolding controversy served as a timely opening to re-up his attacks.
“The Washington Post is absolutely blowing up with Fake Stories! They ought to clean up their act - Start writing the TRUTH, and maybe they’d get some of their Readers back,” Trump wrote. “The Washington Post is on its last leg, there’s no reason for them anymore.”
A Washington Post spokesperson declined to comment to POLITICO.
The Washington Post has faced internal and external scrutiny since CEO and publisher Will Lewis announced earlier this month the abrupt replacement of Executive Editor Sally Buzbee with two of his former associates. On Saturday, The New York Times reported Lewis and the Post’s incoming top editor Robert Winnett used stolen phone and company records as the basis of two articles while at the British newspaper the Sunday Times.
The New York Times also reported that Lewis paid a source more than £100,000 for information — a violation of most American newsrooms’ ethics. He declined to answer a list of questions to the New York Times through a Washington Post spokesperson. Winnett did not respond to The New York Times’ calls and messages.
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