In this Aug. 18, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump calls out to supporters as he exits after speaking in Charlotte, N.C. Trump is on the clock. Associated Press/Gerald Herbert President-elect Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at several top media executives and their outlets in a high-profile meeting, according to the New York Post.

Prominent journalists and executives from CNN, NBC, CBS, and Fox were among those in attendance at the meeting at Trump Tower.

"Trump kept saying, 'We're in a room of liars, the deceitful dishonest media who got it all wrong,'" a source told the Post. "He addressed everyone in the room calling the media dishonest, deceitful liars. He called out Jeff Zucker by name and said everyone at CNN was a liar, and CNN was [a] network of liars," a source told the Post.

Trump specifically took aim at Zucker, CNN's president, a source told the Post, reportedly telling him: "I hate your network. Everyone at CNN is a liar, and you should be ashamed."

Those in attendance were under the impression that the media's access to Trump would be discussed, but they instead got an earful from Trump.

The president-elect has repeatedly criticized the media for what he said was biased coverage of his campaign, often describing journalists as "dishonest."

On Monday night, Trump continued his attack on Twitter, referring to the press as "the crooked media" and dismissing suggestions that his businesses presented potential conflicts of interests for a commander-in-chief.

Earlier, Kellyanne Conway, Trump's senior adviser who ran his presidential campaign, called the meeting "excellent" and "unprecedented," praising the fact that it was arranged in two days.

Conway later denied that Trump lashed out at the media during the meeting.

"No, that's not true at all. I sat right to his left. He did not explode in anger," Conway said during an appearance on Bloomberg's "With All Due Respect."

She added:

"By the way, it's an off-the-record meeting, so whoever said that and mischaracterized it should think twice. But no he did not explode in anger. He's the president-elect. He won … winning solves a lot of problems. Winning makes a lot of statements. I'm really happy he reached out to them after a very long and bruising, hard fought, not-always-fairly-covered campaign."

A Politico report characterized the meeting as "less intense," with Trump expressing the possibility of a "reset" in relations with the press. But that report also suggested that he ripped into the executives in attendance.

The meeting came as the media has scrutinized Trump over his press access. He has not held a press conference since he won the November 8 election and has yet to accommodate a protective pool, which would allow a member of the news media to be with him at all times.

Last week, Trump broke protocol and left Trump Tower to have dinner in New York City without alerting a pool of journalists waiting outside his home.