Friday, July 3, 2020

The tumultuous history of Donald Trump and female reporters



The president continually attacks what he calls the 'fake news media' but saves some of his most vicious attacks for women, and often women of colour


But in recent months, the daily coronavirus press briefings further brought to centre stage the way Mr Trump will treat the press when they challenge his administration, specifically his treatment towards female journalists and women of colour.
A press briefing held in the White House’s Rose Garden involved an interaction with CBS News’ Weijia Jiang, a Chinese-American journalist, where the president told her to ask China instead of her own country about its reaction to the coronavirus.
“Sir, why are you saying that to me specifically? That I should ask China?” she challenged the president. He went on to call her question “nasty” before moving on to another reporter.


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