That’s a polite way of saying Trump’s lies compelled Sulzberger to report what they actually said.

Statement of A.G. Sulzberger, Publisher, The New York Times:

My main purpose for accepting the meeting was to raise concerns about the president’s deeply troubling anti-press rhetoric.

I told the president directly that I thought that his language was not just divisive but increasingly dangerous.

I told him that although the phrase “fake news” is untrue and harmful, I am far more concerned about his labeling journalists “the enemy of the people.” I warned that this inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence.

I repeatedly stressed that this is particularly true abroad, where the president’s rhetoric is being used by some regimes to justify sweeping crackdowns on journalists. I warned that it was putting lives at risk, that it was undermining the democratic ideals of our nation, and that it was eroding one of our country’s greatest exports: a commitment to free speech and a free press.

Throughout the conversation I emphasized that if President Trump, like previous presidents, was upset with coverage of his administration he was of course free to tell the world. I made clear repeatedly that I was not asking for him to soften his attacks on The Times if he felt our coverage was unfair. Instead, I implored him to reconsider his broader attacks on journalism, which I believe are dangerous and harmful to our country.

But he might as well have spent his time reciting a selection of Shakespeare’s sonnets, because Trump clearly didn’t bother to listen, let alone to understand.

It’s tragic. Sulzberger tried to explain to him (I’m sure he was careful to use very simple words, though he may not have brought along colorful cue cards the way Juncker did) 1. that journalism is important, necessary, vital, and 2. that his dishonest rhetoric encourages repression of and violence against journalists here and around the world – and Trump paid no attention whatever.