Porter responds to backlash over viral videos
Los Angeles Times
|October 19, 2025
[Porter, from B1]
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KATIE PORTER said Friday she mishandled a recent television news interview.
(CARLIN STIEHL Los Angeles Times)
spondent with KQED radio who moderated Friday’s discussion, asked if Porter felt any of the blowback was unfair, especially given Trump's mannerisms.
Trump has a long history of targeting journalists, continually accusing them of being the “enemy of the people” and, during his 2016 presidential campaign, mocking the appearance of a reporter who has a congenital joint condition.
“Let me just say, Donald Trump should not be anyone’s standard for anything,” Porter said. “From how to use self-tanner to how to deal with the press, that is not the benchmark.”
This story is from the October 19, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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