Bob Schieffer's "About the News" with H. Andrew Schwartz - “Tweets are the new press release” with New York Times Washington Bureau Chief Elisabeth Bumiller

“Tweets are the new press release” with New York Times Washington Bureau Chief Elisabeth Bumiller

01/19/17 • -1 min

Bob Schieffer's "About the News" with H. Andrew Schwartz

Tweets from Donald Trump will be treated like press releases the Times’ Washington Bureau Chief Elisabeth told us. The ones that contain news will get coverage, the ones that don’t will not. In this wide ranging conversation, we spoke with Bumiller about covering the next president, the changing news landscape and the future of the Times. Download transcript here.

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