“Get Him Out of Here”: Donald Trump Tossed NBC Reporter’s Phones During Tirade Aboard Campaign Plane

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“Get Him Out of Here”: Donald Trump Tossed NBC Reporter’s Phones During Tirade Aboard Campaign Plane

Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Charlotte Klein reveals new details about a plane trip Donald Trump took with reporters in March—right before he was indicted—during which the ex-president tossed a reporter’s phones. Trump’s hostile relationship with the press apparently remains unchanged going into 2024, Klein writes.

In other news, Semafor cofounder Ben Smith gives Joe Pompeo a postmortem on the media revolution of the aughts, from Nick Denton’s Gawker to Jonah Peretti’s BuzzFeed and the revelation that the social media wave can actually come crashing down. “Spending less money and making more would’ve been something I would’ve worked on,” Smith tells Pompeo. Thanks for reading.

“Get Him Out of Here”: Donald Trump Tossed NBC Reporter’s Phones During Tirade Aboard Campaign Plane

In a recording obtained by Vanity Fair, the former president lashed out at Vaughn Hillyard over his questions related to the Manhattan DA’s case, demonstrating that the ex-president’s hostile attitude toward the press remains unchanged going into 2024.

“I Was Pretty Utopian”: With BuzzFeed News in the Grave, Ben Smith Reflects on Digital Media’s Convulsions

The Semafor cofounder gabs with VF about his new book, Traffic, a postmortem on the aughts media revolution of Nick Denton and Jonah Peretti. Plus: AI in newsrooms, Elon’s Twitter, and what he could’ve done differently at BuzzFeed.

Trump’s Rape Trial Does Not Appear to Be Going as Well as His Lawyer Had Hoped

The ex-president’s request for a mistrial—on the claim the judge “openly expresses favoritism” toward E. Jean Carroll—was swiftly denied. And things weren’t going much better before that either.

GOP Chair Tells Candidates to Address Abortion. But Voters Don’t Like What They Have to Say

National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel urged Republican hopefuls to hit the issue “head-on” following the party’s streak of electoral losses. That’s not likely to end the streak.

Greg Abbott Tweeted a Picture of His Dog Before Sending Condolences to Victims of a Mass Shooting

Abbott also made a point to refer to the victims of the Friday shooting, which left five dead, including a child, as “illegal immigrants.”