Michael Cohen outed MSNBC’s Katy Tur as one of many journalists with whom he had an in depth relationship and fed Trump tales.
The courtroom change throughout Cohen’s cross-examination:
Cohen agrees that sure, if it was a “NYT-style” story, he would give Haberman ideas, scoops.
Why did you document convos w/ reporters? asks Blanche.
For note-taking, Cohen says. For later reference to craft responses. Easy as that.
— Tyler McBrien (@TylerMcBrien) Could 16, 2024
Earlier in Cohen’s testimony, Maggie Haberman was outed as a puppet/stenographer for Trump, and in response to Cohen, Katy Tur was additionally somebody who he had an in depth relationship with.
Michael Cohen later defined that he wished shut relationships with journalists as a result of it could assist him to form protection in essentially the most pro-Trump approach attainable.
What Cohen described in court docket was company media entry journalism. Cohen would feed scoops and data to favored reporters in return for constructive protection about Trump.
Throughout a current interview, Nancy Pelosi known as Tur a Trump apologist.
Tur rose to prominence at MSNBC by protecting Trump’s 2016 marketing campaign, and Michael Cohen’s testimony makes it seem to be Nancy Pelosi was appropriate.
Journalism shouldn’t be a quid professional quo. Journalists ought to analysis and report data however not construct relationships with sources that affect their protection. Exchanging scoops or data for constructive protection shouldn’t be journalism, however this follow does clarify why a lot of the company media nonetheless tilts its protection towards Donald Trump.
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