Press Corps Backs CNN's Jim Acosta, Calling Out Sarah Huckabee Sanders For 'Complete Lie
Fellow journalists and members of the White House press corps came to the immediate defense of CNN’s Jim Acosta on Wednesday after the Trump administration revoked his press credentials.
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After repeatedly asking the president questions, provoking a heated outburst, an intern stepped forward to try to take a microphone from the CNN reporter as he moved to evade her. Within hours, Acosta said the Secret Service had denied him entry to White House grounds and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed the reporter had placed his hands on the young woman.
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Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, said the move was a “very bad sign” and something he had “never seen since I started covering the White House in 1996.
That account prompted a full-throated outcry from many political journalists.
The White House Correspondents’ Association, a coalition of the reporters who cover the executive branch, released its strong objections to the move, calling the decision “out of line” and “unacceptable.”
“Journalists may use a range of approaches to carry out their jobs and the WHCA does not police the tone or frequency of the questions its members ask of powerful senior government officials, including the president,” the group wrote. “Such interactions, however uncomfortable they may appear to be, help define the strength of our national institutions.”
The group urged the White House to “immediately reverse this weak and misguided action” and encouraged the public to watch the video of Acosta’s interaction with the intern.
“Other presidents did not fear tough questioning,” Baker wrote on Twitter, noting that Trump may have intentionally called on Acosta to lash out. “If he really thought [Jim] was unfair, then why did he call on him? Because he wants the confrontation.”
Reuters’ White House correspondent Jeff Mason, who said he was seated next to Acosta, said he did not see his colleague “‘placing his hands’ on the young intern.”
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Someone posted a video demonstrating how the video was altered, where you can see the ghosted image of what really happened.
This was posted on DU at 10:43 this morning: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211393545
It shows how it was doctored to look like Jim Acosta grabbed the woman first, when actually she reached for the microphone and they didn't make contact except for that. Somebody says the doctored version was done by Infowars (which may be true) but Sarah Huckabee Sanders is guilty of publishing an edited video and calling it the only version.
She needs to resign immediately.
Agreed
They need to keep asking the tough questions and even pursue a defamation suit against the WH for doctoring the video and saying that he "laid hands" on someone...
there!
