Joe Scarborough said he had a prearranged meeting with president-elect Donald Trump before his Mar-a-Lago party hoping to set up an interview. | Getty Joe Scarborough battles with reporter who claimed he 'partied' with Trump

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and former CBS reporter Sopan Deb jabbed each other on Twitter Sunday night after Deb tweeted a story claiming that Scarborough "partied with Trump" on New Year's Eve.

The fight started after the New York Times reported that the Morning Joe host, along with his co-host Mika Brzezinski, were spotted at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve.


Deb, who covered president-elect Donald Trump's campaign during the election for CBS but will be moving to the New York Times, tweeted the story saying the Morning Joe hosts "partied with Trump."

"Partied? You're very good at pushing fake news. You should write for CNN. Apparently making up facts is fine if you're writing about us," Scarborough replied.

On Twitter, Scarborough said he had a prearranged meeting with Trump before his Mar-a-Lago party hoping to set up an interview. He said he and Brzezinski were "in casual clothes," and "did not attend the party, and left before any 'partying' began."

"One of the more entertaining aspects of media coverage of media is how so many who blast Trump for half truths attack us with half truths," Scarborough said.

Scarborough wrote that he also called Trump's campaign "racist, xenophobic and disqualifying" last year.

"But be snide while making facts up. Partied? Not even close," Scarborough wrote.

Deb replied to that tweet saying: "I imagine you repeated that last night at Mar-A-Lago, @JoeNBC. Before the ball dropped, maybe even."

Deb tried to clarify his statement, saying "attended is more accurate." Scarborough clarified again that he did not attend the party, but instead walked through the metal detectors and went up to meet Trump for the meeting.

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