PROFILE
FROM Hadas Gold
How the Comey hearing played on different media outlets The cable networks were all airing James Comey’s hearing live, but they built completely different narratives about the Comey-Russia story. One exonerates the president, while the other sees him as a liar who obstructed justice.
Trump meets with the New York Times and blasts the media As we go to air, Donald Trump is meeting with reporters and staff at the New York Times . Yesterday, an off-the-record meeting with TV anchors and executives featured Trump blasting them as "unfair, lying and biased." Hadas Gold, media reporter for Politico , has more on both meetings.
Does Steve Bannon believe the news he published? Incoming White House chief strategist, Stephen Bannon headed Breitbart News before running Donald Trump’s campaign. Critics call him racist, sexist and anti-semitic -- based on stories and headlines he published there. Others say he’s a provocateur or a populist.
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