Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Trump and the Media Play the Blame Game

The Republican nominee has long had a love-hate relationship with the press. Sometimes, love hurts.

August 16, 2016 at 6:00 AM EDT

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

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A richly reported New York Times account on Sunday of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign -- and his refusal to stick to the script his advisers have written -- struck a chord with the Republican nominee.

As Trump is wont to do when he feels attacked, he took to social media, launching a tweetstorm of criticism at the Times that included this entry:

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