We may all be gnashing our teeth over The New York Times sanewashing Donald Trump. But as far the very thin-skinned felon and his band of First Amendment-hating legal toadies are concerned, the paper’s coverage as well as a Penguin Random House book written by two Times authors have defamed him to the tune of $10 billion.
From Columbia Journalism Review:
[The letter demanding $10 billion] singles out two stories coauthored by Buettner and Craig that related to their book on Trump and his financial dealings, Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success, released on September 17. It also highlighted an October 20 story headlined “For Trump, a Lifetime of Scandals Heads Toward a Moment of Judgment” by Baker and an October 22 piece by Schmidt, “As Election Nears, Kelly Warns Trump Would Rule Like a Dictator.”
