Trump hits out at Associated Press

Trump doesn't take kindly to meddling reporters. Photo / AP

Donald Trump's relationship with the media is becoming rather complicated. If media don't report favourably on him, he attacks.

Megyn Fox of Fox News the first high profile victim. After the first GOP debate in which Fox asked Trump a few difficult questions, he said "she was bleeding from her eyes, bleeding from her... wherever."

Since then, he has begun to restrict media access at events to pens and continues to call out specific reporters and columnists who criticize him. Lately, reporters have even been warned of getting "blacklisted" from covering Trump's campaign by staffers.

.@AP continues to do extremely dishonest reporting. Always looking for a hit to bring them back into relevancy—ain’t working!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 23, 2015

Trump reached new heights this morning in his tirade against the media by hitting out at Associated Press (AP), the widely respected news syndication network.

AP is a strange target for Trump. Rather than following any editorial line, AP news is a wire service produced through a cooperative of networks with 243 bureaus spanning over 120 countries worldwide.

He narrowed it down a little when he named one of the thousands of people that work for AP.

.@AP has one of the worst reporters in the business -- @JeffHorwitz wouldn’t know the truth if it hit him in the face.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 23, 2015

Australian Associated Press reporter, Paul W. Purcell wrote "We're talking about Associated Press here. It *literally* wrote the book on style."

Shortly afterward he tweeted the Washington Post asking for an apology on a report they had done, because "many people have tweeted that I am right!"

Via @washingtonpost 9/18/01. I want an apology! Many people have tweeted that I am right! https://t.co/CpsMxs54qv pic.twitter.com/wrDEhXJlvR

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 23, 2015

An article in Business Insider today reveals "five major TV news networks are even reportedly meeting sometime Monday to discuss pushing back against the Trump operation."

It's not all negativity though. Trump has been praising the reporters who cover him in a more kindly manner. Such as Rush Limbaugh.