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

President-elect Donald Trump called on The New York Times to “apologise” Tuesday, saying the outlet got “years” of coverage about him “so wrong.”

“Would the failing New York Times apologize to its readers for getting years of ‘Trump’ coverage so wrong. They write such bogus ‘junk’ knowing how wrong it is but only mean to belittle,” Trump wrote about Truth Social.

He also appeared to shout out Maggie Haberman, a senior political correspondent at the New York Times who has focused much of her reporting on the president-elect.

“They don’t do any fact-checking because facts don’t matter to them. I don’t believe I’ve had a legitimately good story in the NYT for years AND YET I WON IN RECORD FASHION THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN WHERE’S THE EXCUSE?” Trump continued.

President-elect Trump speaks at a House Republican conference call at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC (Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Images)

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The Times responded in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“As an independent news organization, The New York Times does not produce stories that are ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ only reporting that is true. Maggie Haberman and her colleagues have an unparalleled track record of providing deeply reported and authoritative coverage. Each the president has complaints about coverage, but this work has been widely recognized as fair, accurate and unflinching,” the spokesman said.

Before the election, Trump spoke to Fox News’ Howard Kurtz, and the then-presidential candidate also criticized The New York Times.

“The New York Times, in my opinion, is completely corrupt,” he said.

The outlet came under fire on social media for fact-checking RFK Jr.’s claim that Froot Loops uses different ingredients in their American product versus their Canadian product.

“Mr. Kennedy has singled out Froot Loops as an example of a product with too many artificial ingredients and questions why the Canadian version has fewer than the American version,” the Times’ report read. “But he was wrong. The ingredient list is roughly the same, although Canada’s has natural dyes made from blueberries and carrots, while the American product contains red dye 40, yellow 5, and blue 1, as well as butylated hydroxytoluene, or BHT, a lab-made chemical that is used ‘for freshness’ according to the ingredient label.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former President Trump shake hands during a campaign rally in Glendale, Arizona, on August 23. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images))

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According to a statement given to The Washington Post by Kennedy spokeswoman Stefanie Spear, Kennedy referred to the differences in food coloring in the American and Canadian versions of the cereal.

The NYT’s fact-checking, which appeared to prove rather than disprove Kennedy’s point that artificial ingredients are included in the American version of the cereal, prompted critics to deride the paper.

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Podcast host Joe Rogan offered commentary on the fact-check during one of his shows.

“The fact check is so stupid because the fact check says it’s not correct, they have the same ingredients… except for these harmful chemicals,” he said. “It’s the New York f—ing Times.”

Fox News’ Kristine Parks contributed to this report.