Trump Demands Apologies For "Unpatriotic" Iran Bombing Stories; CNN, NY Times LOL

President Trump has always been allergic to the truth. It is his kryptonite. So it's par for the course that he's threatening to sue CNN and the New York Times over reports issued by the government that the bombing of Iran's nuclear sites had set that program back months-but not  "totally obliterated," which is what Trump claimed. 




On June 25, Trump's personal lawyer sent letters to news stations demanding that they issue retractions and apologies over their reporting. Both CNN and the NY Times rejected the lawyers' claims and issued letters noting that their reporting was accurate. 




The Times notes that Trump's attorney called the stories defamatory, "false" and "unpatriotic." 




"Trump has railed against CNN, the Times and other news organizations that have reported on intelligence, alleging the outlets 'want to try and demean me,'" The Times reports. 




"No retraction is needed. No apology will be forthcoming. We told the truth to the best of our ability. We will continue to do so," David McCraw, SVP and deputy general counsel for the New York Times Co., wrote in a reply dated June 26. 




McCraw added, "I must admit I was surprised by your letter's unwavering certainty that the U.S. air strike 'unequivocally eliminated Iran's nuclear capabilities.' That was at odds not just with the preliminary assessments of the U.S. intelligence services that we quoted, but - of more direct relevance to this letter - at odds with what your client said following the publication of the Article." 




McCraw then quoted Trump's own comments during the NATO summit, "The intelligence was very inconclusive. The intelligence says, 'We don't know, it could have been very severe' - that's what the intelligence says."




The Times' story notes "that the President may have overstated the case when he said the Iranian sites had been 'obliterated,' that the impact of the bombing raid was uncertain, that the attack did not eliminate the threat posed by Iran," McCraw wrote, "is not false and does not defame the President." 




The Times even posted a copy of McCraw's letter which you can read here.

A CNN rep told the Times that they received a similar letter from Trump's lawyer and only noted that they responded and were "rejecting the claims in the letter."




After CNN reported, like most other news stations, that Iran's nuclear site had been crippled but not decimated, Trump took to social media to attack CNN reporter, Natasha Bertrand, over her Iran story. The President of the United States noted that she  "should be fired by the network and "thrown out 'like a dog.'"




"We stand 100% behind Natasha Bertrand's journalism and specifically her and her colleagues' reporting of the early intelligence assessment of the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities," CNN said in a statement viewed by Variety.













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