NY Times’ Maggie Haberman Criticized for Saving Trump Quote About Not Leaving White House for Her Book
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New York Times political reporter and CNN analyst Maggie Haberman faced backlash on Monday, after it was reported that her upcoming book reveals that twice-impeached former President Donald Trump was planning to outright refuse to leave the White House after losing the 2020 election.
“I’m just not going to leave,” Trump told one aide, per a CNN exclusive excerpt from Haberman’s upcoming book, “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.” Another aide claimed that Trump told a separate staffer after the 2020 election was called in President Joe Biden’s favor that “we’re never leaving. How can you leave when you won an election?”
Following the release of the excerpt, Haberman faced intense criticism online, with people voicing their outrage that this information was known prior to Jan. 6 and held until now.
“Oh good, another fact, vital to the safety and continuation of the nation, that @maggieNYT withheld from the public for many months if not a year-and-a-half so she could put it in her f—ing book,” Keith Olbermann tweeted.
“Journalists who write books have a conflict of interest when they withhold valuable information so they can include it in their book, years in the future,” Michael J. Stern wrote.
Trump: "I'm just not going to leave."
Oh good, another fact, vital to the safety and continuation of the nation, that @maggieNYT withheld from the public for many months if not a year-and-a-half so she could put it in her fucking book https://t.co/fOwd2io4kX— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) September 12, 2022
Maggie Haberman's new book includes Trump being so unhinged, he refused to leave the White House after losing.
Journalists who write books have a conflict of interest when they withhold valuable information so they can include it in their book, years in the future.
It stinks.— Michael J. Stern (@MichaelJStern1) September 12, 2022
“Maggie Haberman took leave from The Times to write her book,” a spokesperson for The Times said in a statement to TheWrap. “In the course of reporting the book, she shared considerable newsworthy information with The Times. Editors decided what news was best suited for our news report.”
As Haberman is not the first author to reveal damning information about Trump in a book since he left office, John Pavlovitz noted that she is “another in a long line of people who were willing to let democracy die on the altar of a book deal.”
Maggie Haberman is another in a long line of people who were willing to let democracy die on the altar of a book deal. https://t.co/zx1uwp7VM7
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) September 12, 2022
Others posted memes under other tweets from Haberman posted, while some encouraged readers not to buy the book and “reward” the author’s choices. You can read more criticisms of Haberman below.
— TJ Novak
(@tjnovakfl) September 11, 2022
Trump abruptly informed aides he had no intention of departing the White House in late January 2021 for Biden to move in. — Maggie Haberman knew this, wrote about it in her book instead of speaking up.
— Outspoken
(@Out5p0ken) September 12, 2022
Why didn’t Maggie Haberman report on this in real time? Don’t buy her book. Don’t reward this behavior.
— Amie Wexler (@am_wex) September 12, 2022
Maggie Haberman embodies everything that is wrong with journalism today.
She knew Trump was unhinged and guilty of treason.
She stayed quiet when it mattered and chose to write a book about it instead, for her personal enrichment.
Reject her…and her damn book.— The Smite
(@7Veritas4) September 12, 2022
Maggie Haberman had sources that Trump said "I'm not going to leave. We're never leaving.” She knew this is before Jan6, but chose to withhold it from the public for 18 months to make her book “juicy.” Maggie Haberman put Profit over Journalism. She put book sales over Democracy.
— Dash Dobrofsky (@DashDobrofsky) September 12, 2022
I kinda feel like at this point Maggie Haberman should be charged with conspiracy.
—
Jaidenstein (she/her)
(@JaideRahl) September 12, 2022
Maggie Haberman knew exactly what Trump was planning and did nothing but a write a fucking book.
— Mayo
(@MayoIsSpicyy) September 12, 2022