Even as Donald Trump’s press conferences usually go, Tuesday’s was a barn burner. The original focus of the post-Memorial Day event was his donations to veterans groups, after the Washington Post uncovered that Trump did not distribute most the $6 million he claimed to have raised month ago to charities benefiting former servicemembers. But the conference quickly devolved into a heated back-and-forth on the definition and purpose of critical journalism, with the GOP nominee slamming the press both individually and collectively as “dishonest,” “sleazy,” and “disgusting.” Some reporters tried to defend themselves, arguing that asking tough questions of powerful figures is literally their job, but these attempts only resulted in more name-calling from Trump.
“The press should be ashamed of themselves,” he railed, before one of his surrogates took the mic and instructed the group of reporters to “get your head out of your butt.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/05/31/3783354/trump-press-conference/
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