One person who was present detailed what allegedly happened behind closed doors, despite the meeting being off the record

Donald Trump reportedly used his secret meeting with executives from the major television networks and their top on-air talent on Monday to criticize and attack those in attendance.

The New York Post spoke with a source who said that the meeting felt 'like a f***ing firing squad,' and described the hour-long discussion as a 'total disaster.'

Some of those in attendance also got a 'Trump-style dressing down' according to the source, most notably CNN president Jeff Zucker and ABC's chief global correspondent Martha Raddatz.

A second source, who confirmed that there was an encounter between Trump and Zucker, said: 'Trump kept saying, "We're in a room of liars, the deceitful dishonest media who got it all wrong."

'He addressed everyone in the room calling the media dishonest, deceitful liars.'

This account differs wildly from the one Kellyanne Conway gave to members of the press after she left the meeting, which she said was 'very cordial, very productive, very congenial.'

She went on to say that Trump was 'very candid and honest' in the meeting, and on a personal note stated that it was 'great to hit the reset button' after a 'long, hard-fought campaign.'

Conway responded to the story in the Post on Monday evening by saying that Trump did not 'explode in anger,' but did not comment beyond that.

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Gayle King (above) was seen exiting Trump Tower after meeting with the President-elect and other members of the media on Monday

Good Morning America anchor and This Week host George Stephanopoulos (above) leaving the meeting on Monday

Donald Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway planned the meeting on Monday, and described the proceedings as 'very cordial, very productive, very congenial'

Fox News co-president Bill Shine (above) in the lobby of Trump Tower after the meeting

Trump kicked things off by going after Zucker, according to the first source who spoke with the Post. That person claims that the President-elect told the CNN president, 'I hate your network, everyone at CNN is a liar and you should be ashamed.'

He later turned his attention to two of the women who had been covering the election said the second source.

'Trump didn't say Katy Tur by name, but talked about an NBC female correspondent who got it wrong, then he referred to a horrible network correspondent who cried when Hillary lost who hosted a debate – which was Martha Raddatz who was also in the room,' claims the source.

Tur was not present at the meeting on Monday.

Later in the meeting, those in attendance did have the chance to pose some questions to Trump according to that same source, at which point CBS This Morning host Gayle King asked: 'How do you propose we the media work with you?'

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Meet the Press' Chuck Todd used his time to ask a few 'pointed questions' said the source, while World News Tonight anchor David Muir asked if he had figured out his family's living situation come January.

'It was a horrible meeting,' added the source.

The surprise get-together came as a bit of a shock given some of the comments Trump made during his campaign about the 'dishonest media,' and had not been mentioned in a mid-morning conference call that his transition team held with reporters on Monday.

Representatives from CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Fox Business Network, NBC, ABC, and CBS were present at the meeting, which featured a cameo appearance from Trump's wife Melania at one point according to a source.

Members of Trump's team present at the event included chief of staff Reince Priebus, chief strategist Stephen Bannon, spokesman Jason Miller, communications director Sean Spicer and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, a source told Politico.

That source said that Trump took some time to praise President Obama during the meeting, and revealed that the men had spoken on the phone twice since meeting at the White House for the first time just 10 days ago.

He spoke about his cabinet too with those present according to the source, saying Mitt Romney 'really wants' to be secretary of state, and that he really wants a member of the military as his secretary of defense.

Trump also went after NBC News president Deborah Turness at the start of the meeting for posting photos of him that he believes to be unflattering said the source.

Turness reportedly tried to deflect the criticism by saying that a 'very nice' Trump picture was on their website at that very moment.

Overall, the source said the meeting was 'largely substantive' and far less intense than the version described to the Post by their two sources.

CNN OutFront host Erin Burnett exiting Trump Tower on Tuesday after the meeting

MSNBC president Phil Griffin, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer and NBC Nightly News host Lester Holt departing the meeting with President-elect Trump on Monday afternoon

King (above with her CBS This Morning co-host Norah O'Donnell) reportedly asked Trump how the media could work with him moving forward according to a source

Trump will be back at it again on Tuesday as well, with an on-the-record session planned between the president-elect and reporters from The New York Times.

There will also be an off-the-record chat with those reporters and Trump will meet with the paper's publisher Arthur Sulzberger.

The meeting was set up at the request of Trump's team, and is being organized by Conway.

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She was responsible for putting together Trump's meeting on Monday as well, which she managed to do in just two days time.

Past presidents and presidents-elect have held similar off-the-record meetings, but they were easier to keep secret since attendees didn't have to tromp through a landmark gold-encrusted marble office lobby in full view of TV cameras managed by the same media companies that took part.

ABC was represented by president James Goldston and anchors George Stephanopoulos, David Muir, and Martha Raddatz.

Nightly News host Lester Holt and Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd were on hand for NBC , along with president Deborah Turness.

And rounding out the broadcast network presence at the meeting was Face the Nation host John Dickerson and the entire CBS This Morning team of Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell along with Washington Bureau Chief Chris Isham.

On the cable television side, CNN president Jeff Zucker attended on behalf of his network with on-air talent Wolf Blitzer and Erin Burnett.

Fox News had a handful of executives present at the meeting, including co-presidents Bill Shine and Abernethy, vice president of news and editorial Jay Wallace and Suzanne Scott, the vice president of programming and development at the network.

MSNBC president Phil Griffin was there for his network and Brian Jones attended for Fox Business Network.

Face the Nation host John Dickerson arrives at Trump Tower alongside CBS This Morning anchor Charlie Rose

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer (center) smiles as he enters Trump Tower, standing next to NBC News president Deborah Turness (with her back to camera in fur coat)

Turness was seen exiting the meeting behind Conway (above). Trump reportedly told the NBC News president that he took issue with the 'unflattering' photos the network posts of him

Tight-lipped transition officials wouldn't discuss the purpose for the meeting on Monday afternoon.

But it's expected that the Trump team would make a cease-fire overture to end his campaign's war on the press.

Trump referred to America's political press corps as 'the dishonest media, 'the most dishonest people' and 'unbelievable liars' while he ran for president, often drawing sternum-rattling boos and storms of shouted insults from his rally crowds.

He also referred to specific reporters as 'sleaze' and 'slime' when he thought their pro-Hillary Clinton biases were showing, and sometimes named them from the podium while thousands jeered.

The president-elect hasn't held a press conference since late July.

Questions are also swirling about what his administration might do to redefine the White House's relationship with the media.

Print, wire and broadcast reporters currently get the benefit of a lengthy on-camera briefing from a spokesperson every day, along with the chance to send a representative to follow the president everywhere in a 'protective pool.'

The pool makes note of everything from presidential small-talk to the exact time, down to the minute, he leaves and enters the White House or individual rooms inside.

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Mike McCurry, who served as press secretary to President Bill Clinton, told National Journal last week that both institutions should be re-thought.

He explained that it was a mistake for him to implement the televised briefings without any restrictions.

McCurry also said that '[t]he idea of nonstop body-watch pool coverage is a bit ridiculous.'

Trump has yet to take questions from the assembled press corps in a formal news-conference setting since his Election Day triumph.

He did, however, take a handful of questions from pool reporters over the weekend in between meetings with potential cabinet appointees.