MEDIA WINNER: Maggie Haberman & Dean Baquet New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet defended Times correspondent Maggie Haberman in a statement Monday night over a critical piece from Fox News. Earlier in the day, Haberman deleted tweets of hers hitting Fox News over an article slamming reporters who “rush[ed] to judgment” on the Florida pride parade crash. That article said, “Reporters such as New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman and liberal writer Lesley Abravanel have posted and retweeted statements implying the truck was part of ‘domestic terrorism.'” On Monday afternoon Fox News media reporter Brian Flood wrote a piece headlined “New York Times’ scribe Maggie Haberman can’t quit Trump, largely ignores Biden.” Baquet said in a statement that Haberman “is one of the finest journalists of her generation.” "We’re proud that she works for The New York Times," he wrote. Sean Hannity went after Haberman again on Monday night and called her a “Donald Trump stalker.” Standing by a reporter is a welcome move from the New York Times, and Haberman facing off with Fox News may seem a bit inside baseball, or even extra drama, but in fact she's standing up for her honest reporting in the face of a coordinated attempt to undermine her and, by extension, her paper and CNN. |