MSNBC hosts accuse White House of trying to pressure them over coverageWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two television hosts assailed by Donald Trump questioned his mental health on Friday and charged that the White House had tried unsuccessfully to get them to apologize to the president for unfavorable coverage in exchange for his getting a negative tabloid story about them killed. “He appears to have a fragile, impetuous, child-like ego that we’ve seen over and over again, especially with women,” Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” said on the program. “He attacks women because he fears women,” added co-host Joe Scarborough, a former Republican U.S. congressman. Brzezinski and Scarborough fired back on their program and in an opinion piece in The Washington Post after Trump’s Twitter messages on Thursday, which attacked them, particularly Brzezinski, in highly personal terms. Trump called Brzezinski “low I.Q. Crazy Mika” and alleged that she was “bleeding badly from a face-lift” when she visited his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida around New Year’s Eve. He called Scarborough “Psycho Joe.” Scarborough said Trump packed “five or six lies into two tweets,” including mischaracterizing their meetings at Mar-a-Lago. Brzezinski said she has never had a face-lift. Presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, speaking on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” defended Trump’s “ability to fight back when he is attacked.” She declined to endorse the content of his tweets. “Well it’s incredible to watch people play armchair psychologist, outright ridiculing the president’s physicalities, his mental state, calling him names that you won’t want your children to call people on a playground,” Conway told Fox News. Trump’s tweets, his latest attacks on the U.S. news media, were roundly condemned by lawmakers in both parties and became a distraction as his fellow Republicans in the Senate try to iron out their differences over major healthcare legislation. Brzezinski and Scarborough, who were on friendly terms with Trump in the past but have been critical of him since he took office in January, described White House pressure over a planned negative story about them in the National Enquirer tabloid newspaper.  Trump was friends with David Pecker, chief executive of the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media, Inc. The tabloid specializes in scandalous stories about celebrities and has been supportive of Trump.  “This year, top White House staff members warned that the National Enquirer was planning to publish a negative article about us unless we begged the president to have the story spiked. We ignored their desperate pleas,” they wrote in the Post. Scarborough said on the program he received calls from three top administration officials asking the co-hosts to call Trump and apologize for their coverage of his administration. They told him that if he called and apologized, Trump would get the story killed, Scarborough said. He did not identify the administration officials. “The calls kept coming, and kept coming. And they were like ‘Call, you need to call. Please call. Come on, Joe. Just pick up the phone and call him,’” Scarborough said. “That’s blackmail,” said MSNBC panelist Donny Deutsch. In a Twitter post on Friday, Trump gave a different account, saying Scarborough “called me to stop a National Enquirer article. I said no!” American Media said in a statement “we have no knowledge of any discussions between the White House and Joe and Mika about our story, and absolutely no involvement in those discussions.” “I am very concerned as to what this once again reveals about the president of the United States,” Brzezinski, who is engaged to be married to Scarborough, said of Trump’s Twitter attacks. “President Trump launched personal attacks against us Thursday, but our concerns about his unmoored behavior go far beyond the personal. America’s leaders and allies are asking themselves yet again whether this man is fit to be president,” the co-hosts wrote in the Post column. politicsNews
msnbc hosts accuse white house trying pressure coveragewashington reuters two television hosts sailed donald trump questioned mental health friday charged white house tried unsuccessfully get apologize president unfavorable coverage exchange getting negative tabloid story killed he appears fragile impetus ego seen especially women mike brzezinski msnbc morning joe said program he attacks women fears women added joe scarborough former republican congressman brzezinski scarborough fired back program opinion piece the washington post trump twitter messages thursday attacked particularly brzezinski highly personal terms trump called brzezinski low crazy mike alleged bleeding badly visited estate florida around new year eve he called scarborough psycho scarborough said trump packed five six lies two tweets including mischaracterizing meetings brzezinski said never presidential counselor kellyanne conway speaking abc good morning america defended trump ability fight back she declined endorse content tweets well incredible watch people play armchair psychologist outright ridiculing president physicalities mental state calling names want children call people playground conway told fox news trump tweets latest attacks news media soundly condemned lawmakers parties became distraction fellow republicans senate try iron differences major healthcare legislation brzezinski scarborough friendly terms trump past critical since took office january described white house pressure planned negative story national inquirer tabloid newspaper trump friends david decker chief executive national inquirer parent company american media inc the tabloid specializes scandalous stories celebrities supportive trump this year top white house staff members warned national inquirer planning publish negative article us unless begged president story spiked we ignored desperate pleas wrote post scarborough said program received calls three top administration officials asking call trump apologize coverage administration they told called apologized trump would get story killed scarborough said he identify administration officials the calls kept coming kept coming and like call need call please call come joe just pick phone call scarborough said that blackmail said msnbc panelist danny deutsch in twitter post friday trump gave different account saying scarborough called stop national inquirer article i said american media said statement knowledge discussions white house joe mike story absolutely involvement i concerned reveals president united states brzezinski engaged married scarborough said trump twitter attacks president trump launched personal attacks us thursday concerns moored behavior go far beyond personal america leaders allies asking yet whether man fit president wrote post column politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: MSNBC hosts accuse White House of trying to pressure them over coverageWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two television hosts assailed by Donald Trump questioned his mental health on Friday and charged that the White House had tried unsuccessfully to get them to apologize to the president for unfavorable coverage in exchange for his getting a negative tabloid story about them killed. “He appears to have a fragile, impetuous, child-like ego that we’ve seen over and over again, especially with women,” Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” said on the program. “He attacks women because he fears women,” added co-host Joe Scarborough, a former Republican U.S. congressman. Brzezinski and Scarborough fired back on their program and in an opinion piece in The Washington Post after Trump’s Twitter messages on Thursday, which attacked them, particularly Brzezinski, in highly personal terms. Trump called Brzezinski “low I.Q. Crazy Mika” and alleged that she was “bleeding badly from a face-lift” when she visited his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida around New Year’s Eve. He called Scarborough “Psycho Joe.” Scarborough said Trump packed “five or six lies into two tweets,” including mischaracterizing their meetings at Mar-a-Lago. Brzezinski said she has never had a face-lift. Presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, speaking on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” defended Trump’s “ability to fight back when he is attacked.” She declined to endorse the content of his tweets. “Well it’s incredible to watch people play armchair psychologist, outright ridiculing the president’s physicalities, his mental state, calling him names that you won’t want your children to call people on a playground,” Conway told Fox News. Trump’s tweets, his latest attacks on the U.S. news media, were roundly condemned by lawmakers in both parties and became a distraction as his fellow Republicans in the Senate try to iron out their differences over major healthcare legislation. Brzezinski and Scarborough, who were on friendly terms with Trump in the past but have been critical of him since he took office in January, described White House pressure over a planned negative story about them in the National Enquirer tabloid newspaper.  Trump was friends with David Pecker, chief executive of the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media, Inc. The tabloid specializes in scandalous stories about celebrities and has been supportive of Trump.  “This year, top White House staff members warned that the National Enquirer was planning to publish a negative article about us unless we begged the president to have the story spiked. We ignored their desperate pleas,” they wrote in the Post. Scarborough said on the program he received calls from three top administration officials asking the co-hosts to call Trump and apologize for their coverage of his administration. They told him that if he called and apologized, Trump would get the story killed, Scarborough said. He did not identify the administration officials. “The calls kept coming, and kept coming. And they were like ‘Call, you need to call. Please call. Come on, Joe. Just pick up the phone and call him,’” Scarborough said. “That’s blackmail,” said MSNBC panelist Donny Deutsch. In a Twitter post on Friday, Trump gave a different account, saying Scarborough “called me to stop a National Enquirer article. I said no!” American Media said in a statement “we have no knowledge of any discussions between the White House and Joe and Mika about our story, and absolutely no involvement in those discussions.” “I am very concerned as to what this once again reveals about the president of the United States,” Brzezinski, who is engaged to be married to Scarborough, said of Trump’s Twitter attacks. “President Trump launched personal attacks against us Thursday, but our concerns about his unmoored behavior go far beyond the personal. America’s leaders and allies are asking themselves yet again whether this man is fit to be president,” the co-hosts wrote in the Post column. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: msnbc hosts accuse white house trying pressure coveragewashington reuters two television hosts sailed donald trump questioned mental health friday charged white house tried unsuccessfully get apologize president unfavorable coverage exchange getting negative tabloid story killed he appears fragile impetus ego seen especially women mike brzezinski msnbc morning joe said program he attacks women fears women added joe scarborough former republican congressman brzezinski scarborough fired back program opinion piece the washington post trump twitter messages thursday attacked particularly brzezinski highly personal terms trump called brzezinski low crazy mike alleged bleeding badly visited estate florida around new year eve he called scarborough psycho scarborough said trump packed five six lies two tweets including mischaracterizing meetings brzezinski said never presidential counselor kellyanne conway speaking abc good morning america defended trump ability fight back she declined endorse content tweets well incredible watch people play armchair psychologist outright ridiculing president physicalities mental state calling names want children call people playground conway told fox news trump tweets latest attacks news media soundly condemned lawmakers parties became distraction fellow republicans senate try iron differences major healthcare legislation brzezinski scarborough friendly terms trump past critical since took office january described white house pressure planned negative story national inquirer tabloid newspaper trump friends david decker chief executive national inquirer parent company american media inc the tabloid specializes scandalous stories celebrities supportive trump this year top white house staff members warned national inquirer planning publish negative article us unless begged president story spiked we ignored desperate pleas wrote post scarborough said program received calls three top administration officials asking call trump apologize coverage administration they told called apologized trump would get story killed scarborough said he identify administration officials the calls kept coming kept coming and like call need call please call come joe just pick phone call scarborough said that blackmail said msnbc panelist danny deutsch in twitter post friday trump gave different account saying scarborough called stop national inquirer article i said american media said statement knowledge discussions white house joe mike story absolutely involvement i concerned reveals president united states brzezinski engaged married scarborough said trump twitter attacks president trump launched personal attacks us thursday concerns moored behavior go far beyond personal america leaders allies asking yet whether man fit president wrote post column politicsnews