Trump keeps insulting female journalists. Itâs time for the press to stop tolerating it | Margaret Sullivan | TheBriefWire
Trump keeps insulting female journalists. Itâs time for the press to stop tolerating it | Margaret Sullivan
Published 12 June 2026 ¡ india
âPiggyâ, âcorruptâ, âstupidâ: the president keeps lashing out. Hereâs how journalists can stand up to him For many years now, Donald Trump has been saying
âPiggyâ, âcorruptâ, âstupidâ: the president keeps lashing out. Hereâs how journalists can stand up to him For many years now, Donald Trump has been saying awful things to â or about â the female media figures who have the nerve to ask him questions and challenge his falsehoods. âQuiet, Piggy,â he ordered a Bloomberg reporter, Catherine Lucey, last year in a press gaggle when she pushed him about the release of the Epstein files. Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...
Published: June 12, 2026 ⢠3:30 PM IST ¡ Updated: June 12, 2026 ⢠4:10 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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âPiggyâ, âcorruptâ, âstupidâ: the president keeps lashing out.
Hereâs how journalists can stand up to him For many years now, Donald Trump has been saying awful things to â or about â the female media figures who have the nerve to ask him questions and challenge his falsehoods.
âQuiet, Piggy,â he ordered a Bloomberg reporter, Catherine Lucey, last year in a press gaggle when she pushed him about the release of the Epstein files.
Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...
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