Donald Trump calls on The New York Times to apologize for 'getting years of Trump coverage wrong'

President-elect Donald Trump called connected The New York Times to "apologize" connected Tuesday and said the outlet got "years" of sum astir him "so wrong."

"Will the failing New York Times apologize to its readers for getting years of ‘Trump' sum truthful wrong. They constitute specified phony ‘junk,’ knowing afloat good however incorrect it is, lone meaning to demean," Trump wrote connected Truth Social. 

He besides appeared to call retired Maggie Haberman, a elder governmental analogous astatine the New York Times, who has focused overmuch of her reporting connected the president-elect. 

"They bash nary information checking, due to the fact that facts don’t substance to them. I don’t judge I’ve had a legitimately bully communicative successful the NYT for years, AND YET I WON, IN RECORD FASHION, THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN DECADES. WHERE IS THE APOLOGY?" Trump continued.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks astatine a House Republicans Conference gathering astatine the Hyatt Regency connected Capitol Hill connected November 13, 2024, successful Washington, D.C. (Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Images)

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to The New York Times for comment.

Ahead of the election, Trump spoke to Fox News' Howard Kurtz and the then-presidential campaigner besides criticized The New York Times. 

"The New York Times is totally, successful my opinion, corrupt," helium said. 

The outlet came nether fire connected societal media for a fact-check of RFK Jr.'s assertion that Froot Loops uses antithetic ingredients successful their U.S. merchandise versus their Canadian product.

"Mr. Kennedy has singled retired Froot Loops arsenic an illustration of a merchandise with excessively galore artificial ingredients, questioning wherefore the Canadian mentation has less than the U.S. version," the Times' study read. "But helium was wrong. The constituent database is astir the same, though Canada’s has earthy colorings made from blueberries and carrots portion the U.S. merchandise contains reddish dye 40, yellowish 5 and bluish 1 arsenic good arsenic Butylated hydroxytoluene, oregon BHT, a lab-made chemic that is utilized 'for freshness,' according to the constituent label."

Former statesmanlike campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President-elect Donald Trump, shingle hands during a run rally successful Glendale, Ariz., connected Aug. 23. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images))

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According to a connection given to The Washington Post by Kennedy spokesperson, Stefanie Spear, Kennedy was referring to the differences successful nutrient dyes successful the American and Canadian versions of the cereal.

The NYT's fact-check, which seemed to beryllium alternatively than disprove Kennedy's constituent astir artificial ingredients being included successful the U.S. mentation of the cereal, drew critics to mock the paper.

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Podcast big Joe Rogan offered commentary connected the fact-check during 1 of his shows.

"The information cheque is truthful dumb due to the fact that the information cheque says it's not correct, they person the aforesaid ingredients… but for these harmful chemicals," helium said. "That’s the New York f---ing Times."

Fox News' Kristine Parks contributed to this report.