NY Times Exec Editor: "We're Not Failing At All"

Dean Baquet, Executive Editor of the New York Times, spoke with CNN host Brian Stelter about Donald Trump's assertions that the venerable newspaper is "failing."

Via Mediaite:

After host Brian Stelter noted that Trump has tried to get the nickname to stick by using the term “failing” 53 times on Twitter to describe the Times, he asked Baquet what the facts were. “We’re not failing at all,” the editor responded. “Our digital subscriptions are going through the roof. Even print subscriptions are up. We’re a profitable company.”

He then added that this was an “effort by this administration to minimize the press.” Baquet further explained that the president’s tweets are also designed to minimize other institutions that are there to hold him accountable. “I think that’s dangerous,” he said.

Regarding the use of anonymous sources, Baquet said, "I always know who the sources are for these stories. That's why I'm so confident pushing back at the Trump administration when they criticize the stories."