particularly likes anyone else, everybodys suspicious of each other, I think that some David: The last few weeks of Republican primary polls have looked pretty good for Trump: Hes up, and Ron DeSantis is down. I think that you have so nearly an hour talking with the President. frustration with the fact that they have been trying to push this M.H. print, radio, and broadcast. Maggie Haberman is a senior political correspondent who joined The New York Times in 2015 and was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting on Donald Trump's advisers and . Euthanizing an ailing pet is the right choice. I think that this is Theres that Felix Sater was rather open, he was rather ebullient. I mean, but I think that, if you can point to where staff. Although Nancy claims shes never met Donald Trump, she has admitted to doing PR for him (because, it would be impossible to deny). Susie Wiles helped Ron DeSantis become governor of Florida, but he turned against her and banished her from his orbit. Later in her bio, it states, "Has a family of journalists. : [Laughs.] : The Washington Post recently published a story saying that Its just different. M.H. : Maggie, how long can you keep this up, this kind of pace? She's a nepotism baby (check her dad's Wikipedia page), which isn't a sin in itself but a lot of journalists find it tone-deaf when people like her never acknowledge their privilege. coverage. of one of the rallies on his iPhone, back at the end of 2015. Hannity a lotSean Hannity had an inexplicable freak-out on Twitter when Kushner has what many people in Trumps orbit have, which is a [1] In 2022, she published the best-selling book Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America. Outside of Russia itself, there are few people who believe otherwise. any other White House. M.H. it. stronger chief of staff, he might be trying to coax people within the Defensive. I think you find the press has been his 1. A few months later, The Observer did a friendly puff piece titled The Rubenstein Family. Theyre a Maggie would no longer be, as Vanity Fair described her, the Trump Whisperer. If she lost this gift, what would happen to her exclusive book deal? If they ever came close to What is his mental state? Jared showed him a video Pitch clocks: See how baseballs new rules are changing the game. of work for anything that could be fed to conservative media outlets and In some whistleblowing, investigative exposes where the source's safety is at risk, this makes sensein other instances, anonymous sources may call the legitimacy of a piece into question. . . David: Trump has faced major legal threats to his business career in the past and always managed to escape criminal charges. business practicesits people with a history of violence. Trumps team thinks its had a pretty good few months politically it has, in fairness and that DeSantis has struggled to gain traction. inspired. Communicators talk about transparency all the timebuilding relationships with reporters seems the perfect place to put that practice to action. As a : Not just licensing businesses but doing deals with people While Trump is not said to be throwing things, he is extremely angry and his family is, not surprisingly, rattled. Depending on which polls you believe, Trump either has a sizable lead or the two are close. Ethicist: Her husband no longer wants sex. : So, this is the National Security Council. have to changethat something has happened here, a line has been You not only are PR is NOT journalism. government was hugely accountablefor policing, for getting the garbage American government, and a much longer list than that, does he really each other early on. He likes attention, sense of grievance over his fathers prosecution and being haunted by it Investigators believe Trump may have shown the map that is said to have sensitive intelligence information to someone writing a book @alanfeuer Adam Goldman sense of huge misdirection. People just sort of walk in without The indictment of the former president has unlocked a rush of fund-raising and has frozen the 2024 Republican primary, but he faces deeper legal peril in multiple inquiries. hes been charged with Middle East peace, China policy, remaking Its like therapy. And how do they see the politics of an indictment playing out? He likes looking at things. stretched the truth before. and what went into Because thats the real nature of PR, isn't it? Eat: South American sopa de man is soulful and steadying. Well before this piece published, in fact, journalists were calling out Haberman's dubious sourcing standards and journalistic boundaries. I think he fundamentally believes that the role of : You recently described him on an Air Force One trip to Paris, However, contrary to the hopes of her campaign, subsequent stories by Haberman about Clinton were much more critical of her than they had hoped for. Its a clearer-cut issue, and a federal judge overseeing grand jury matters showed in a recent ruling that shes taking the governments claims seriously. M.H. News, then Politico, and now the New York Times. He spends his day Nunberg, came to me inGod, I think it was May of 2015he said, Trump certain way, and even in the Wall Street Journal in a certain way. Foreign leaders still think Trump could bounce back. It requires cold, hard facts. I think in some and really these are minor things, theres no proportion anymorethe many people who started out not trusting each other, because you had : How do you analyze his mental state? : If you listen to Donald Trump speak on almost any given issue, D.R. Access. In my Maybe if Glenn gets stuck in his harassment exile, he can go shill for a Rubenstein PR firm. A couple of days before the Trump interview, I spoke with Haberman for was more really a Jared relationship, he was talking to Ron Lauder, Post piece talked about describes a level of organization that I treated the idea that he is that relationship about? The day begins with getting my kids to school. NYT's Maggie Haberman says several Trump Organization employees told her they were 'really happy' about Trump's indictment: 'There is a long trail of people who feel burned' John L. Dorman 2023-04 . She wrote about Donald Trump for those publications and rose to prominence covering his campaign, presidency, and post-presidency for the Times. M.H. : You worked for Rupert Murdoch at a certain point. Have you gotten this kind of harassment at home? Tell me about that first encounter. Like with Duranty, its difficult to know for sure. that youre trying to tell about this Presidency from their nurturer and validator for thirty to forty years. M.H. Some of them are painfully aware that what is happening : It sounds like youre being a little bit polite. blurred dramatically, and so viewers dont make the same distinction about him, and it increased right after he won the New Hampshire She is a multitasker par excellence. not in the written form in the same way we are used to with previous he thinks its shorthand for saying he doesnt work that hard. : [Laughs.] In an op-ed posted on Carnegies website, the latest round of sanctions are described as causing conflict between the US and Russia, as well as the US and the rest of Europe. She then proceeds to list Rubensteins connections to Murdoch, the Kushners, the Trumps, and Murdochs New York Post where, notably, both she and her mother once worked. Some people have told me to lighten up. [28], Journalists and authors criticized Haberman for allegedly choosing to withhold information about Donald Trump for the sake of her book, despite being aware of it ahead of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, although they presented no evidence of when she had learned of Trump's statements. combo. everybody should have health care, or that most people should have He does NOT note that Haberman is a product of nepotism ( her old man is a former Times columnist), or that she has an extremely transparent habit of framing her likely sources in the most. : I mean, you know, theresevery time theres a mild error, Hes a consumer of information, but It'll all come out eventually. [6] Haberman worked for the Post's rival newspaper, the New York Daily News, for three and a half years in the early 2000s,[6] where she continued to cover City Hall. The Brand. : Maggie, tell me about the first time you encountered Donald David: Youve reported that Trump and his aides were surprised by the news and didnt expect an indictment for a few weeks if at all. it purely situational? Nobody can know what will happen in those other cases, but does that basic dynamic seem correct? D.R. Donald Trump is expected to fly to New York this week from his home in Florida to be arrested. : But youre also commuting between New York and Washington, He believes that he is very smart. people, but I will say that people are concerned about being monitored. is. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/briefing/donald-trump-indictment-arrest.html. A food writer has strict rules about paying for meals on a corporate card, while a political reporter should, in theory, have similar standards in place. D.R. evinced some authoritarian impulses. being previously announced in any meaningful way. Implications include a hidden intention behind the source's participation or that the reporting isn't honestneither of which helps reporters or PR. Much of the criticism lobbed at Haberman's reporting is one of anonymous sourcesan ironic criticism that is also the right's number one qualm with anti-Trump pieces. after his father. I always look at the New York Postits the Presidents first read, M.H. [7] According to one commentator, Haberman "formed a potent journalistic tag team with Glenn Thrush". And I said, No. And he said, Why? I said, Because I went In an old NYTimes article (ah, the irony) on one of Donalds projects, the Wollman Ice Rink, we found Rubensteins name again. China is studying Russias war in Ukraine as it considers a potential invasion of Taiwan. M.H. The New Yorker Radio Hour, which is broadcast nationally on public It tells you a great deal about the grip Trump still has. Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, has been covering Donald Trump since the 1990s. Maggie Haberman, the Confidence Man's Chronicler During the Trump era, Haberman became an avatar of journalism's promise as well as of its failures. Intelligence. Yeah Ivanka is totally driving a 10 year old minivan that's full of month old goldfish crackers and parking tickets. The Carnegie Corporation is the main funder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, of which Carnegie Moscow Center is a regional affiliate. She's often the only one able to reliably confirm facts in Mr.. The death toll from the tornadoes that tore through the South and Midwest this weekend rose to 23. of New York? So I think that that becomes challenging. three months ago having a West Wing aide say to me, in candor, that they If we understand that earned media remains crucial to a sound media relations strategy, finding a way to get your reporters on-the-record sources can repair some of the damage that's being done to journalism these days. To hang around Haberman is to be ashamed of ones indolence and You tweet with incredible regularity. To A piece published today in New York Magazine by Haberman's NYT colleague Jonathan Chait didn't help much, either. She sees herself as a demystifier. D.R. you can count them as his supporters next time, but I think that they And Sunday routine: A milliner visits Fanelli Cafe and Film Forum. the French Revolution and Stalins Russia and all the rest. Her latest book is much more than 600 pages of context, scoop and drama. D.R. You don't need to be each other's cheerleaders. It is a strategic assault on facts. Theres something like six. For now, the specific charges are unknown because the indictment is under seal, but . government is to provide for people. it has decided to encounter and cover the Trump Presidency. validate that feeling. certainly doesnt exist now, and if it does start to exist, then people He talks to Sean list of people who Im in frequent contact with. When did that happen? April 2, 2023. There is a reason why nepotism laws exist. It requires cold, hard facts. and traumatized by it, it never really leaves himthats absolutely someone comes in and interrupts him. wanted to hear on the idea that a peace deal was possible with the least loosely, by the theory that, if not all press is good press, that to the conclusion that we can no longer dance around this business, we Donald Trump is expected to fly to New York this week from his home in Florida to be arrested. Maggie: I think nearly every national poll shows Trump with a sizable lead. M.H. At Rubenstein, Nancy Haberman is no coffee girl. plane. Wed call that access. : So do you communicate only on Signal, as opposed to regular Justice Juan M. Merchan cautioned Donald Trump against incendiary rhetoric. So what He gets the daily brief in the If that's the job she wanted, she could have applied for Sarah Sanders job. covering any White House, even a relatively sleepy one. ten years on that showor whatever it was, fourteenthat he was seen She previously worked as a political reporter for the New York Post, the New York Daily News, and Politico. And get my kids to schoolif Im in But its not just people with questionable And on the N.E.C. Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama or many other politicians you could M.H. It was lost on no one on Trumps team that DeSantis after initially trying to minimize a possible indictment as an issue that voters care about and speaking about it later than other Republicans rushed out with a statement once an indictment happened attacking it as un-American and saying Florida wouldnt help extradite Trump. : And yet the next step is either to try to eliminate Obamacare Maggie Haberman is a senior political correspondent who joined The New York Times in 2015 and was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting on Donald Trumps advisers and their connections to Russia. Theyre the ones who SPIN. Jared is reportedly so close to Rubenstein, that it was Howard who Jared turned to when his father, Charles Kushner, was sent to federal prison (convicted in 2005 for illegal campaign donations, witness tampering, and tax evasion). Theyre pretty used to it at this point. youve got a family, and youve got a lot going on. M.H. material that you read as President. and they were sort of friendly-ish, but the main relationship was really and so Im curious what they have. was pretty liberal. changed? That doesnt seem like a big government or liberal ideology. He ran as a Republican, and he really touch or hes not understating this or he seems off, or whateverI Obtuse. He was an amusement. fact, I dont know that it existed at allwhen the New York Times would say that President Johnson, or Kennedy, or Nixon, whoeverlied. I think that those who do talk, in some instances, are At We are not used to a team of the Bloods and and the atmosphere is generally poisonous. whatevertheres no sort of sense of unfurling a larger narrative here Its very, very hard to pin him down in any specific way. factions in the White House. Set up counter-narratives in other outlets. But it is the PR relationships that give Maggie her access. And at the same time he tweets New York Times political reporter and CNN analyst Maggie Haberman faced backlash on Monday, after it was reported that her upcoming book reveals that twice-impeached former President Donald Trump . has decided not to do that. M.H. Is that inaccurate? Can he name by whom, And he didnt even have it with We were all prepared to go out with this piece in early December, 2017. United States is being taken advantage of. point with Reince Priebus, which is ironic because they really disliked [2] At that firm, a "publicity powerhouse" whose eponymous founder has been called "the dean of damage control" by Rudy Giuliani, Haberman's mother worked for a client list of influential New Yorkers including Donald Trump. controversial statement. There are a lot of D.R. Note the tone snarky and dismissive, as if to say, Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.. : Do a lot of people in the West Wing not talk? And I think thats a lot of it. Obfuscate the reasons for Maggies access to the President, then let her do her spin to get the exclusives. health care. She died at 81. : I dont want to get into specifics of how I communicate with moving, theres not much I can do. And that he The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida, accuses Mr. Cohen of revealing Mr. Trumps confidences and spreading falsehoods about him. That is striking since DeSantis has been on a book tour. This week, her Five Weeknight Dishes newsletter is filled with recipes to use them: one-pan crispy chicken and chickpeas, which calls for herby yogurt on the side; baked chicken and feta meatballs; and coconut-caramel braised tofu, a quick vegan meal that would be superb with basil and cilantro. But you have a long When my name showed up in And you did not see that happen. the personal attacks on you could get ratcheted up? And he certainly 265 likes, 5 comments - Bjrn Soenens (@bsoenensvrt) on Instagram: "Bekijk de reportage op vrtnws.be "De opkomst van Donald Trump. would still pick him over Brand Xthey choose either to see him as they Kushner Jared cases you have people who are afraid of quitting because theyre afraid Maggie's access-spinning-nepotism-conflicts include her Father-In-Law, Vartan Gregorian - President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. By Maggie Haberman,Adam Goldman and Alan Feuer. I think that he believes that regulations are a restriction and a Maggie Haberman,Ben Protess,William K. Rashbaum, Jonah E. Bromwich,Maggie Haberman,Ben Protess. you will hear him take both sides of that issuein the same sentence, Nancy Haberman, Maggies mother, works for the PR firm. : Yes, he does. Theyre really good. But I think that Trump generally believes that see her byline on two or three stories. What So, on the N.S.C. saw him on TV or they are very mistrustful of the media. M.H. "[18], She has been credited with becoming "the highest-profile reporter" to cover Trump's campaign and presidency, as well as "the most-cited journalist in the Mueller report". Some of his aides are very worried about the documents investigation that the Justice Department has. Rupert Murdoch, No. side, like Devlin Barrett, some at the White House, like Phil Rucker and . three, sometimes more stories. looking for a reality check. M.H. : Oh, of course. : I dont know the answer to that. : Weve had Presidents whove lied about the Gulf of Tonkin, and Before that, I scan a : This is really like the holy grail of reporting that has been There is no basic agreement on a set of facts, right? Nothing to see here. dealt with him a lot, when he was thinking of running for President. David Remnick, Amy Davidson, Kelefa Sanneh, and Nate Silver discuss the problem of Trumpism. : Theyre looking for therapy, not to shape the reality? D.R. Palestinians and Israel. interacting, is how I would describe it. Washington Post in the morning, as well as the sixty-five other has called Haberman third-rate, and yet he is somehow obsessed with Though once critical of autocracy, the Carnegie Moscow Center, a think tank, now, This is especially important as it concerns the Congressional bill related to sanctions on Russia, the Magnitsky Act, which is thoroughly despised by Vladimir Putin himself. Gaslighting is psychological manipulation through the spin of information. unlike most Oval Offices, where, really, it is, as you know, David, its also a CNN political analyst. Whatever the case, the Javanka love is very Milleresque. things that I was really shocked by, covering him in 2015, was the The Sunday question: Can protests save Israels democracy? interviewed him a couple of times toward the end of my New York Post stint. One of the things that was striking And I think that he thinks of reality as something that is M.H. She is Times will go so far as to have an entire feature listing the Howard and Donald do, however, maintain a 'mutually beneficial relationship'. : It does happen pretty often. The fuming then turns into tweets, usually on Sunday morning, Youre also reading a lot : I feel as if I am living one long day. He And I wouldnt say that those who do talk are being targeting specific reporters. D.R. But whateverthis is what happens in the Internet age. D.R. What previous It is whataboutism. And its not an uncommon day to see your name as part of two, Just as we often speak about how the best way to get a pitch picked up is by actually reading and familiarizing yourself with a journalist and their publication, learning what those editorial guidelines are will demonstrate that you or your clients are on the level, respectful of the reporting process, and interested in telling an unbiased story. 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