Disagreeing with President Donald Trump's political lean toward Fox News and one of its hosts Jesse Watters, a top editor for The New York Times called the president "out of control" for not sharing the views of the Times and The Washington Post."The president has two roles: one role, of course, is to pursue his agenda; the other role is sort of build an understanding of the culture and sort of create a culture – and if he creates a culture where 'Fox & Friends' and Jesse Watters are regarded as serious journalism and The New York Times and The Washington Post are not, he will have done longstanding harmful effect on the country," New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet told CNN's Brian Stelter on "Reliable Sources."
"It's out of control, and his advisers should tell him to stop, because it's actually affecting the civic life and debate of the country."
Baquet was responding to President Trump's Sunday morning tweets railing against the "garbage" Post writing "fiction" for "another hit job."
About an hour earlier, President Trump tweeted a quote from Watters, who railed against a "rigged investigation" that never put Hillary Clinton under oath.
Baquet might disagree politically, but a major newspaper editor's objections to the president's opinion seemingly supports the president's oft-held dismay at political bias in the media.
Conversely, Baquet's appearance did not take an opportunity to point out President Trump's support for pressing Clinton to testify "under oath" might justify holding President Trump to the same standard with regard to speaking under oath with FBI special counsel Robert Mueller amid the investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election and potential Trump campaign collusion.
President Trump has repeatedly stated there is "no collusion" and no evidence against him, but he is weighing with his private legal counsel whether to speak to Mueller and his investigators.
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