"My rallies are not covered properly by the media," Donald Trump tweeted. | Getty Trump blames 'disgusting' media: 'I would be beating Hillary by 20%'

In a series of tweets Sunday, Donald Trump launched a new tirade against the media, calling it “disgusting” and blaming it for his drop in polls.

His latest tweet storm first targeted The New York Times, which published an article Saturday about the GOP nominee’s allegedly failing campaign, but quickly expanded as an indictment of the media in general.


“The failing @nytimes talks about anonymous sources and meetings that never happened. Their reporting is fiction. The media protects Hillary!”

In the article, colleagues who spoke on the condition of anonymity described Trump as “exhausted, frustrated and still bewildered by fine points of the political process.”

“The failing @nytimes, which never spoke to me, keeps saying that I am saying to advisers that I will change. False, I am who I am-never said,” Trump tweeted.

The GOP nominee later tweeted Sunday afternoon saying Hillary Clinton is "being protected by the media."

"She is not a talented person or politician. The dishonest media refuses to expose!" The tweet said.

He then added: "I am not only fighting Crooked Hillary, I am fighting the dishonest and corrupt media and her government protection process. People get it!"

Trump’s relationship with the news media has been shaky, at times denying reporters credentials to cover his rallies, including those from POLITICO, BuzzFeed and The Washington Post.

If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn't put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating Hillary by 20% — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2016

My rallies are not covered properly by the media. They never discuss the real message and never show crowd size or enthusiasm. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2016

At a rally on Saturday, hours after The New York Times article was released, Trump said “the newspaper is going to hell.” He even suggested he would take away its reporters’ credentials.

“When they write dishonest stories we should be a little bit tough,” Trump said at his rally in Fairfield, Connecticut.

He also tweeted yesterday: “The failing @nytimes has become a newspaper of fiction. Their stories about me always quote non-existent unnamed sources. Very dishonest!”