The New York Times on Wednesday defended one of its female reporters, Katie Rogers, who became Donald Trump’s latest target after co-authoring a piece exploring the president’s health and aging. The report also noted that Trump has been spotted dozing off during meetings. “The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out.”Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementA Times spokesperson hit back at Trump’s words, declaring that the article is “accurate and built on first hand reporting of the facts,” and pushed back against Trump’s attack on Rogers. “Name-calling and personal insults don’t change that, nor will our journalists hesitate to cover this administration in the face of intimidation tactics like this,” the spokesperson said in a statement on X. “Expert and thorough reporters like Katie Rogers exemplify how an independent and free press helps the American people better understand their government and its leaders,” they continued.
