President Donald Trump’s latest crusade against the media has focused on CNN and The New York Times, but journalists say they’re unfazed despite legal threats from the commander-in-chief.
Trump, who has a decades-long history of litigation that long predates his time in politics, has launched major lawsuits in the past year against CBS News, ABC News, The Des Moines Register, and the Pulitzer Prize board, while threatening other news organizations and suggesting reporters will be pressured to reveal their sources on stories about the U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.
"These days, threats from the president have become business as usual for journalists. It won’t stop us from doing our jobs," New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker told Fox News Digital.
Trump repeatedly criticized CNN and The New York Times in recent days for reporting what he called "fake news" about the U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, with reports from both outlets suggesting they did not effectively destroy the country’s nuclear programs.
A personal attorney for the president called the Times’ reporting "false," "defamatory" and "unpatriotic," while threatening legal action. He also threatened to sue CNN over its reporting.
