Acosta: 'The president said we just had a press conference. We did not'

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Jim Acosta‏ @Acosta 7m7 minutes ago
The president said we just had a press conference. We did not. That's fake news.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Marthe48]

1. Jim Acosta is a hero

He is telling us the emperor has no clothes.

We need to hear truth every time trump lies. Every single time.

[Solly Mack]

2. Trump's ego is still smarting over being forced to read a comment he didn't write saying things

he doesn't mean.

He has to lash out now.

I'm betting his wee hours of the morning toilet-bowl tweeting is going to be Yuge.

Fucker.

Go, Acosta!

[kimbutgar]

3. I hope Jim Acosta stays safe

[hamsterjill]

6. I do, too.

I worry about him.

[BigmanPigman]

4. I hope he isn't kicked out of the press room. If he is than he should

consider it an honor.

[Bladewire]

5. Why don't more rank and file media speak out like this?

I'm glad Jim Acosta has the courage to do so

[.99center]

7. Jim shouldn't be the only WH correspondent

Consistently demanding answers from Trump and this WH.

[grantcart]

8. fake news conference

[Mr.Bill]

9. The press is in uncharted territory here.

There's a fine line between reporting the news and becoming the news. Acosta is straddling this line. A good journalist tries to do the former without doing the latter. Once the reporter becomes the news, their neutrality can come into question.

While I'm sure most of them would love to tell Trump exactly what they think of him, they work for employers that are not paying them to do that. That's a job for the independent pundits, not the rank and file reporters working for a news agency.

Personally, I would like to see the press room deserted and boycotted. Just don't go to the press conferences at all. Take away every way he has to communicate except Twitter, and he should get thrown off there, too, in my perfect world. None of this will happen, though.

[mwooldri]

10. With #45 as President...

... does this even apply any more?

As far as interviewers go, my standard is Jeremy Paxman.

Or we could rope in Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G...

[bora13]

11. of course Sacha might

as well have been Putin cuz t-rump sure as hell didn't know who he was!

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