Transcript for Leslie Stahl: Trump's plan to discredit media?

It is no secret that the guy in the white house has been at war with the media since he began campaigning, but Leslie star says, she knows why he does it sdwrp it's me, my boss and him, and he has a huge office, and he is attacking the press. There were no cameras, and there was nothing going on. I said, you know, that is getting tired. Why are you doing this? You're doing it over and over and it's boring and it's -- time to end that and, you know, you won the nomination. And why do you keep hammering at this? And he said, you know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and to demean you all so you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you. He admits it. Is it working? It's working all right. Absolutely. He once said that if he shot somebody on 5th avenue, his followers wouldn't blink. He doesn't, you know, he just goes around admitting his fake news is fake news basically. He says it outright, and you said it was off the record. My antennas went up on this, and I like Leslie stall. She came to my family's ranch in sedona and did a whole interview, and there were parts off the record, and we hung out with her. Off the record is off the record. I don't know what she is talking about. Maybe it was on the record when she was with, quote, her boss and him, but I would assume they were talking on background. I have issues with the way trump treats the media, but there is also on this end, like, the breakdown of trust and the traditions of journalism are maybe going out the window. I don't know if this is on or off the record, but this sounds off the record. She said it was semiprivate -- What does that mean? It was an informal get to know you meeting. That sounds off the record. He said it and now everybody knows he is admitting it. You're right. You're right. I will say, that but I will say -- again. She came to our house when my father announced he had cancer. I like her. She has a great career, but after she was done filming, we hung out with her crew off the record and spoke with them and whatever. Had any of the things been reported -- I'm not going to say what happened -- They were off the record, and you have -- she hasn't talked about it, so the fact that a journalist like that is speaking about it tells me it must not have been an off the record conversation. It speaks to -- It is possible. You're right. I don't know. Off the record is not said. You speak to the tradition of journalism, and I think with her vast career, when you hear something so shocking that it getting out is less shocking than the words coming out of his lips. That's the part that's scary. I agree, but I think the breakdown of trust is happening both places. For me, I can name, like -- we talk about all the journalists I still trust, still would have off the record conversations and believe they would keep it off the record. Also conversations on background, which means you're just giving them information on background, and this breakdown of the traditions of journalism between the principle and journalists scares me. We're in an emergency situation in this country right now. People need to understand that, and I'm glad she spilled the beans on him. He did not say, Leslie, this is off the record. Let's talk about what he said. Let's not because we're going to break. We'll be right back. ?????? Ways to lose stubborn belly fat.

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