Different but similar account of the meeting with the press today. Who is he to tell them how to do their job?
Also mentions that he hasn't held a press conference yet. And if he doesn't allow a protective press pool.. well lots of articles warning about the possible authoritarian Trump said to watch for the first institution to be attacked; the press.
On Monday afternoon, he had a contentious Trump Tower meeting with another one of his chief adversaries: members of the news media.
In the session with more than a dozen television executives and on-air journalists, Trump was highly critical of coverage of him, according to several people familiar with the gathering. Keeping his voice calm and his tone flippant, he told the group sitting around a conference table that they failed to provide their viewers with fair and accurate coverage and told them they failed to understand him or his appeal to millions of Americans.
Trump expressed particular ire at CNN and at several reporters at other cable networks whom he sees as unreasonably antagonistic toward him, though he did not mention them by name.
The people variously described Trump as “combative,” “proud,” and “dismissive” toward the news organizations present. He also shrugged off the need for a constant pool covering him, they said, although he did not delve into specifics.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ing-with-trump