(德国之声中文网) 美国总统特朗普与《纽约时报》出版人面对面坐下来谈是20日的事情。但是直到周日,特朗普才在推特上公开评论此事。
法新社报道,《纽时》与特朗普20日的面谈是由白宫方面提出,属于例行性会谈,旨在让双方互相认识。
特朗普在推特中称这次面谈“很棒很有趣”,但又说在会谈中讨论媒体怎么制造假新闻,假新闻又怎么塑造出“人民的敌人”-“可悲!”
《纽时》出版人苏兹伯格(Arthur Gregg Sulzberger) 随即回应,他称自己当面告诉总统,他对媒体的辱骂与攻击“不只造成分裂,而且日益危险。”
他解释,威权主义者正在利用特朗普的论调,合理化攻击记者的行为。“他把‘人民的敌人’的标签贴在记者身上。我警告他,这样煽动性的言辞会对记者的人身安全形成威胁,也会助长暴力。”
“这也伤害我们国家民主的形象,侵蚀着我们国家最重要的强势文化: 言论自由与新闻自由。”
进一步的,他说他向总统澄清,他不是要求总统在《纽时》报道不公正时还要软化态度,“相对的,我请他重新省思对媒体的广泛攻击,因为我认为这个行为对我们的国家来说,危险且有害。”
特朗普动用了4篇推特的篇幅才写得下他的不满。他驳斥道,新闻自由倚仗媒体公正报道,但是虽然他的治理“带领国家迈向强盛”,相关报道却“九成都是负面的”。
“《纽约时报》和《华盛顿邮报》除了把正面政绩写成负面故事,其他啥都没做,而且他们永远不会改变!”
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与媒体为敌
特朗普是《纽约时报》的读者,也偶尔会接受该报的采访,但还是频繁的称乎它为“走下坡的纽约时报”(failing New York Times)。
特朗普与媒体为敌的态度,以及持续不断的攻击言论让美国媒体很不好受。
但是从营收角度来看,媒体反而从中获益。五月,《纽约时报》的第一季营收达到4.15亿美元,比2017年同期高出3.8%。
罗法/夏立民 (法新社、美联社)